Study finds social networks promote cooperation, discourage selfishness
It turns out nice guys can finish first, and David Rand has the evidence to prove it.
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2011
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Page 14 - News tagged with biological networks
Genome-scale network of rice genes to speed the development of biofuel crops
The first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed by an international team of researches that includes scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy ...
Biotechnology
Nov 2, 2011
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Manipulating single molecules to unravel secrets of protein folding
Physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are opening a new window into the life of biological cells, using a technique that lets them grab the ends of a single protein molecule and pull, making continuous, ...
General Physics
Oct 27, 2011
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New insight in how cells' powerhouse divides
New research from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Colorado at Boulder puts an unexpected twist on how mitochondria, the energy-generating structures within cells, divide. The work, which could have ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 2, 2011
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Online activity grows in a similar pattern to those of real-life networks
The activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users, according to a model recently published in the European Physical Journal B.
General Physics
Sep 1, 2011
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Metabolic models make remediation more manageable
(PhysOrg.com) -- In efforts to reduce contamination at a former uranium mill tailings site, Dr. Krishna Mahadevan is developing genome-scale models to determine why certain bacteria reduce uranium better than others. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 8, 2011
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New center looks at how human systems function or fail
A new center called the National Resource for Network Biology (NRNB), based at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, will help clinicians analyze an ever-growing wealth of complex biological data and ...
Other
Oct 29, 2010
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For rapid non-linear information processing in the brain, small synaptic impulses are key
A novel theoretical framework for mathematically modeling nerve cells has illuminated for the first time how small synaptic impulses enable non-linear information processing in the brain. Reported in PLoS Computational Biology, ...
Other
Sep 10, 2010
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Molecular Middle Managers Make More Decisions Than Bosses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Organisms are structured at the molecular level in ways similar to social hierarchies. In some, master genetic regulators call most of the shots, and in others most of life's activities are carried out by ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2010
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How plants put down roots
In the beginning is the fertilized egg cell. Following numerous cell divisions, it then develops into a complex organism with different organs and tissues. The largely unexplained process whereby the cells simply "know" the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2010
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