News articles tagged with 'chaos'
Universe chaotic from very beginning
— 8 Sep 2010 12:06 | PhysicsSeven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic. Now he and a colleague…
Can chaos theory help predict heart attacks?
— 22 Jul 2010 09:11 | HealthChaos models may someday help model cardiac arrhythmias - abnormal electrical rhythms of the heart, say researchers in the journal CHAOS, which is published by the American Institute…
Researchers move closer to understanding chaotic motion of a solid body in a fluid
— 24 Feb 2010 12:38 | PhysicsIn a paper appearing in the Feb. 24 issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, Virginia Tech Engineering Science and Mechanics Professor Hassan Aref, and his colleague…
UA scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
— 9 Oct 2009 12:50 | PhysicsChaotic behaviour is the rule, not the exception, in the world we experience through our senses, the world governed by the laws of classical physics…
Research finds striking similarities and differences between quantum and classical chaos
— 19 Apr 2008 15:55 | PhysicsWhen a tiny, quantum-scale, hypothetical balloon is popped in a vacuum, do the particles inside spread out all over the place as predicted by classical mechanics? The question is deceptively…
Long-term prediction of species in ecosystems is impossible
— 13 Feb 2008 18:00 | BiologyThe traditional idea of the balance of nature has taken quite a beating by a study that appears in the 14 February issue of Nature. Using a long-term laboratory experiment, the study…
Optical fibre: secure in all the chaos
— 22 Jan 2008 11:14 | PhysicsSecure messages hidden in chaotic waveforms, transmitted at up to 10 gigabits per second, is the vision behind a group of dedicated European researchers. Now they are prototyping the…
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