How fish schools work in a similar manner to the brain
What do the brain and a school of fish have in common? They are both capable of efficient collective information processing, although each unit within them only has access to local information.
What do the brain and a school of fish have in common? They are both capable of efficient collective information processing, although each unit within them only has access to local information.
General Physics
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When it comes to courtship, it is important to ensure that one is interacting with a member of the same species. Animals use multiple sensory systems to confirm that potential mates are indeed suitable, with acoustic communication ...
Plants & Animals
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Researchers have developed an optical coating system that combines antifogging and antireflective properties. The new technology could help boost the performance of lidar systems and cameras.
Optics & Photonics
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COVID-19 has had profound implications for the "role of business in society". One of them is the pandemic's effect on companies' sustainability strategies. These are efforts to avoid companies' harmful impacts on the environment ...
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2022
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Researchers are working to improve 2D semiconductors by better understanding dark excitons and how they could be applied to future technologies ranging from quantum computers to next-generation solar panels.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 21, 2022
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A research group led by Prof. Wu Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported the successful initialization, coherent quantum-state control, and readout of spins ...
Nanophysics
Dec 20, 2022
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It's easy to control the trajectory of a basketball: Just apply mechanical force coupled with human skill. But controlling the movement of quantum systems such as atoms and electrons is much more challenging, as these minuscule ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 30, 2022
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Prof. Li Chuanfeng, Prof. Huang Yunfeng, Prof. Chen Geng, and their colleagues from Prof. Guo Guangcan's group at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 28, 2022
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Physicists have long struggled to explain why the universe started out with conditions suitable for life to evolve. Why do the physical laws and constants take the very specific values that allow stars, planets and ultimately ...
General Physics
Nov 22, 2022
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As biology is progressing into a digital age, it is creating new opportunities for discovery.
Molecular & Computational biology
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