News tagged with synchronicity
MIT researchers devise new means to synchronize a group of robots (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- For several years, roboticists have been working out ways to get a group of robots to perform synchronized activities as demonstrated most often in dance routines. It’s not just about trying ...
May 25, 2012 |
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Bird brains follow the beat: Capacity to move in time with music may be connected with ability to learn speech
Even though typical dance-floor activity might suggest otherwise, humans generally demonstrate a remarkable capacity to synchronize their body movements in response to auditory stimuli. But is this ability ...
Feb 24, 2012 |
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What causes traffic gridlock?
Everyday life enters a different phase on the Tuesday after Labor Day, the unofficial start of autumn in the United States. As students and employees return from vacation, and vehicles fully flood roadways ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Microsoft gets social with China's Renren
US software giant Microsoft will team up with Renren to integrate their social-networking services in China, the companies announced Wednesday.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Get in synch -- or be enslaved by it
We talk about synchronization a lot. We synch up; synch our computers; and get in synch. And synchronous behavior underlies many natural systems, events and phenomena.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Coordination failure: Researchers provide insight into impacts of too much communication
(PhysOrg.com) -- Individuals within a networked system coordinate their activities by communicating to each other information such as their position, speed, or intention. At first glance, it seems that more ...
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Understanding behavioral patterns: Why bird flocks move in unison
Animal flocks, be it honeybees, fish, ants or birds, often move in surprising synchronicity and seemingly make unanimous decisions at a moment's notice, a phenomenon which has remained puzzling to many researchers.
Sep 15, 2010 |
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A delicate balance: New study shows how networks keep themselves in synch
(PhysOrg.com) -- Synchronization is all around us. Think of fireflies flashing together, crickets chirping in unison, neurons firing together and power plants generating electrical currents with the exact same frequency all ...
May 25, 2010 |
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Social networking helps hermit crabs find homes (w/ Video)
Everyone wants to live in the nicest possible house, ideally with regular upgrades. A recent study by biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and the New England Aquarium reveals that hermit crabs may ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Circadian surprise: Mechanism of temperature synchronization in drosophila
New research reveals a pathway that links peripheral sensory tissues with a "clock" in the brain to regulate molecular processes and behaviors in response to cyclical temperature changes. The research, published by Cell Press ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Researchers Find Key 'Conductor' of Nature's Synchronicity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Synchronicity in nature is seen in beating hearts, the flashing of fireflies' lights, the ebb and flow of infectious disease—and the simultaneous rise and fall of populations across vast reaches ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Making waves in the brain: Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice
Scientists have studied high-frequency brain waves, known as gamma oscillations, for more than 50 years, believing them crucial to consciousness, attention, learning and memory. Now, for the first time, MIT researchers and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Marching to the beat of the same drum improves teamwork
Armies train by marching in step. Religions around the world incorporate many forms of singing and chanting into their rituals. Citizens sing the National Anthem before sporting events. Why do we participate in these various ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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