Fireflies, heart cells, clocks, and power grids all do it—they can spontaneously sync up, sending signals out in unison. For centuries, scientists have been perplexed by this self-organizing behavior, coming up with theories and experiments that make up the science of sync. "We want to learn how we can just tickle, or gently push, a system in the right direction to
set it back into a synced state," says Michael L. Roukes. Read more here
The recently held 2019 Linde Hall Inaugural Math Symposium lectures are now online!
Join us for the next Astro on Tap event with Liz Landau and Vijay Varma, next Monday, March 25 at 7:30pm. Click here for more info.
Sergei Gukov and Mykola Dedushenko are co-hosting the Hidden Algebraic Structures in Topology conference this week. The meeting will focus on algebraic structures that make a surprising appearance in various problems of quantum topology, especially the ones where such structures are not a priori expected.
Did you know that Project Mathematics! and other courses including workbooks are online free for everyone to access?