A team from the University of Tokyo has combined economic theory with biology to understand how natural systems respond to change. The researchers have published their findings in Physical Review ...

electrochemical and biological systems. The theory developed by Rice theorist Peter Wolynes and Oxford theoretical chemist David Logan gives a simple prediction for the threshold at which large ...

Countermeasures include systematic intervention to control a system's dynamics, attack fragility or introduce decoys to re-establish control. Developing a theory of biological robustness with a ...

An article by John Vandermeer of the University of Michigan shows how extensions of established theory ... in biological populations will lead to insights into complex systems, such as those ...

Traditionally, science has taken a reductionist approach, dissecting biological systems into their constituent parts and studying them in isolation. Entire scientific careers have been devoted to ...

And neuroscientists are focusing on the role of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in depression. According to the Polyvagal Theory of the ANS, depression is part of a biological defense strategy ...