A model ecosystem fish story
Have I got a fish story for you. Any angler beginning a yarn like that usually ends up spinning a tall tale, an exaggeration or bald-faced lie.
Ecology
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Tracking security staff at large-scale events
Spectacular fireworks, a large crowd, and music with a driving beat—on the first weekend in May the Rhine in Flames event will set the large parks along the Rhine in Bonn topsy-turvy. In 2019, a team of researchers from ...
Security
Jun 4, 2019
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New program picks out targets in a crowd quickly and efficiently
It can be harder for computers to find Waldo, an elusive character that hides within crowds in a popular children's book series, than it is for humans.
Computer Sciences
Feb 22, 2019
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Study details how today's high school cliques compare to yesterday's
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, have found that while many high school peer crowds and influences have remained constant over ...
Social Sciences
Jan 8, 2019
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Deconstructing crowd noise at college basketball games
With thousands of fans clapping, chanting, shouting and jeering, college basketball games can be almost deafeningly loud. Some arenas have decibel meters, which, accurately or not, provide some indication of the noise volume ...
General Physics
Nov 5, 2018
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Photos in social media reveal socio-cultural value of landscapes
Every day, users upload millions of photos on platforms such as Flickr, Instagram and Facebook. A study by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) now shows that these photos can be used to assess the social ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2018
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Rush hour metro crowd governed by people's eagerness to go home
Ever found yourself crushed in a metro station at rush hour? The mathematician Carlo Bianca and physicist Caterina Mogno, both from the engineering research lab ECAM-EPMI in Cergy-Pontoise, France, have developed a new model ...
General Physics
Jun 19, 2018
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Want to see Disneyland without going there? Try Street View
Anyone who has even been to Disneyland will tell you at least two things about the place. One, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride is awesome. Two, the crowds are awesome, too, but not necessarily in the same awesome vein as ...
Internet
Mar 7, 2018
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Biomechanical model could reduce wobbling of pedestrian bridges
The dangerous wobbling of pedestrian bridges could be reduced by using biomechanically inspired models of pedestrian response to bridge motion and a mathematical formula to estimate the critical crowd size at which bridge ...
Engineering
Nov 21, 2017
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Video: The chemistry of redheads
St. Patrick's Day evokes thoughts of all things often associated with the Irish—including red hair. Chemically speaking, what sets redheads apart from the crowd is pigmentation—specifically melanins.
Other
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