The interior of a living cell is an active, fluctuating, and crowded environment, yet it maintains
a high level of coherent organization. This dichotomy is readily apparent in the intracellular …

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Synchronization of coupled oscillators is a universal phenomenon encountered across
different scales and contexts, eg, chemical wave patterns, superconductors, and the unison …

Synchronization is widespread in animals, and studies have often emphasized how this
seemingly complex phenomenon can emerge from very simple rules. However, the amount …

Synchronization is a conspicuous form of collective behaviour that is of crucial importance in
numerous biological systems. Ant colonies from the genera Leptothorax and Temnothorax …

Background The light organs of the splitfin flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron are
necessary for schooling behavior, to determine nearest neighbor distance, and to feed on …

Recent empirical investigations have characterized the synchronized flashing behaviours of
male Photinus carolinus fireflies in their natural habitat in Great Smoky Mountain National …

The past decade has witnessed a growing interest in collective decision making, particularly
the idea that groups can make more accurate decisions compared with individuals …

Humans have been trying to understand animal behavior at least since recorded history.
Recent rapid development of new technologies has allowed us to make significant progress …

We investigate the emergence of synchronization in heterogeneous networks of chaotic
maps. Our findings reveal that a small cluster of highly connected maps is responsible for …