We argue that theories and methods drawn from complexity science are urgently needed to
guide the development and use of digital twins for cities. The theoretical framework from …

Exciting advancements have been made in the field of flexible electronic devices in the last
two decades and will certainly lead to a revolution in peoples' lives in the future. However …

A celebrated and controversial hypothesis suggests that some biological systems—parts,
aspects, or groups of them—may extract important functional benefits from operating at the …

Understanding how plants survive drought and cold is increasingly important as plants
worldwide experience dieback with drought in moist places and grow taller with warming in …

Complex systems must respond to external perturbations and, at the same time, internally
distribute information to coordinate their components. Although networked backbones help …

Advances in detection of genetic material from species in aquatic ecosystems, including
environmental DNA (eDNA), have improved species monitoring and management. eDNA …

Despite the increasing importance of cities in human societies, our ability to understand
them scientifically and manage them in practice has remained limited. The greatest …

A range of applications, from predicting the spread of human and electronic viruses to city
planning and resource management in mobile communications, depend on our ability to …

We address a generalization of the concept of metapopulation capacity for trees and
networks acting as the template for ecological interactions. The original measure had been …

Complex systems are very often organized under the form of networks where nodes and
edges are embedded in space. Transportation and mobility networks, Internet, mobile phone …