News tagged with statistical mechanics

Korean researchers combine algorithm with wireless communication to reduce traffic jams

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hyun Keun Lee and Beom Jun Kim, researchers at the University of Seoul, have developed an idea on how to reduce traffic jams or in some cases prevent them all together. In their paper, published in Physica A: ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Physicists develop potent packing process

New York University physicists have developed a method for packing microscopic spheres that could lead to improvements in commercial products ranging from pharmaceutical lotions to ice cream. Their work, which relies on an ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Econophysics' points way to fair salaries in free market

A Purdue University researcher has used "econophysics" to show that under ideal circumstances free markets promote fair salaries for workers and do not support CEO compensation practices common today.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 47 | with audio podcast

Quantum Communication in Random Networks

Internet, networks of connections between Hollywood actors, etc, are examples of complex networks, whose properties have been intensively studied in recent times. The small-world property (that everyone has ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Photons led astray: Experiment to investigate random motion of quantum particles developed

Life would sometimes be so much easier if we were quantum particles. For example, if we were trying to find our way out of a strange town allowing chance telling us which way to go at every intersection. As ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Entropyman.org Explains Why Pots 'Unbreak' on the Nanoscale (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A man lifts his hand in the air, and broken pieces of ceramic lying on the sidewalk spring up into his hand, coming together to form a flower pot. He lifts his hands again, and more broken ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 6 weblog