In fields ranging from immunology and ecology to economics and thermodynamics, multi-scale complex systems are ubiquitous. They are also notoriously difficult to model. Conventional approaches take ...

A groundbreaking study published on November 3, 2025, has unveiled an intriguing connection between human brains and stock markets. The research suggests that during times of crisis, both these ...

A new AI framework improves management of complex systems with unequal decision-makers, like smart grids, traffic networks, and autonomous vehicles. A new artificial intelligence breakthrough ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A few centuries ago, the swirling polychromatic chaos of Jupiter’s atmosphere spawned the immense vortex that we call the Great Red Spot ...

The study by researchers from Qingdao University of Technology and the Shandong Engineering Research Center of City Information Modeling introduces the URCA model, a dynamic system for evaluating how ...

In geopolitical terms, catastrophe theory explains the breaks in world order—the sudden realignments that redefine history. Chaos theory, by contrast, explains the turbulence that precedes and follows ...

Researchers have proposed a "missing" scientific law for the evolution of life, minerals, planets, stars and pretty much everything else in the universe. This new law identifies "universal concepts of ...

The findings, detailed in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on October 20, 2025, by a team led by University of Maryland and ...