Archive 2001

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Complexity Digest 2001.51 Next Issue TOP

  1. Medics Need To Evolve, BioMedNet Magazine

Complexity Digest 2001.49 Next Issue TOP

  1. Reinventing The Wheel, Time.com
  2. Complexity: An Appropriate Framework For Development?, Progress in Development Studies, Progress in Development Studies
  3. Friends Are Stranger Than Strangers, Nature
  4. Tapping Into mRNA Export, Science
    1. Delineation of mRNA Export Pathways by the Use of Cell-Permeable Peptides, Science
  5. Can Generalist Predators Be Effective Biocontrol Agents?, Annu. Rev. Entomol.
  6. Twin Gene Idea Could Wipe Out Malaria Mosquito, New Scientist
  7. Interactive Memory Systems In The Human Brain, Nature
  8. A Self-Organizing Neural Network Model Of The Acquisition Of Word Meaning, CogPrints
  9. Visual Stimuli Activate Auditory Cortex In The Deaf, Nature Neuroscience
  10. Perception, Attention, And Memory, Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews
    1. Now You See It, Now You Don't, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  11. Do Apes Share The "Language Organ"?, Science Now
    1. Asymmetric Broca's Area In Great Apes, Nature
  12. Neural Prosthetics And Direct Neural Control, Stanford Univ/Kurzweil AI.net
  13. Hand Synergies During Reach-To-Grasp, Neurophysiol
  14. Whales Show The Way To A Cleaner, Greener Boat, New Scientist
  15. Scientists Raise Spectre Of Gene-Modified Athletes, New Scientist
  16. Tiny Black Holes May Be Exploding In Our Cosmic Backyard, New Scientist
  17. Nanotubes Hint At Room Temperature Superconductivity, New Scientist
  18. Volunteers Help Find A New Prime [Number, Ed.], Science Now
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Ames Strain Of Anthrax Limited To Few Labs, The Washington Post
    2. New Perspectives on Conventional Military Force and the War on Terrorism, Postponed!
    3. War May be Costing $1 Billion a Month, AP/excite News
    4. Estimated Cost of Operation Enduring Freedom, CSBA
    5. 3 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan, AP/excite News, 01/12/05
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. SFI Working Papers
    2. Other Papers
    3. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.48 Next Issue TOP

  1. Degeneracy And Complexity In Biological Systems, PNAS
  2. The First Human Cloned Embryo, Scientific American
  3. Coated Nanofibers Copy What's Bred in the Bone, Science
    1. Self-Assembly and Mineralization of Peptide-Amphiphile Nanofibers, Science
  4. Scientists Build Tiny Computer From DNA, Yahoo News/Reuters
  5. Evolution Of Cooperation Without Reciprocity, Nature
  6. Molecular Basis Of Aggression, Trends in Neurosciences
  7. Under The Sea -- Sotto Voce No More, The Christian Science Monitor
  8. Deciphering Protein Evolution, The Scientist
  9. Tracking Organic Chemistry Into Space, The Christian Science Monitor
  10. Music, the Brain, and Williams Syndrome, The Scientist
  11. On Any Window Or Wall, A Portable Touch Screen, NYTimes
  12. Mount St. Helens: Disobeying the Rules of Recovery, HMS Beagle
  13. Something Missing In Fragile Cloud Forest: The Clouds, NYTimes
    1. Tree Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests, Science
  14. The Truth About Climate Change, The Ecologist
  15. The Central Nervous System Stabilizes Unstable Dynamics By Learning Optimal Impedance, Nature
  16. Pay Attention And Your Brain Will Follow, Society for Neuroscience 2001
  17. Fly Eye Hints At Brain's Wiring Diagram, Society for Neuroscience 2001
    1. Precision Networking: A Look Through The Eyes Of A Fly, Neuron
  18. Optimization In Complex Networks, arXiv
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Inquiries Into Failures Of Intelligence Community Are Put Off Until Next Year, NYTimes
    2. Kangaroo Courts, William Safire, NYTimes, 01/11/26
    3. Bush Lobbies Spanish Prime Minister, CNN
    4. New World Disorder: What Now? Scientists On The Edge, LAWeekly
    5. New Perspectives on Conventional Military Force and the War on Terrorism, Workshop Announcement
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Papers, Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.47 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Computational Perspective, Edge
  2. Liquid Computing, Harvard Magazine
  3. Musicians' Brains Wired For Sound, CNN/AP
    1. You're Right, Shakespeare: Music And Sweet Poetry Agree, Soc Neuroscience
  4. Choice Behavior of Drosophila Facing Contradictory Visual Cues, Science
  5. Out on a Limb, or a New Branch of Signalling Theory?, HMS Beagle
  6. Semiconductors Get On Our Nerves, Nature
  7. To Be Remembered, Forget Praise. Give Money, Society for Neuroscience
  8. Grandmother Calls In The Reserves, Society for Neuroscience
  9. Single Gene Dictates Ant Society, Science
  10. New Pufferfish Genome May Offer Clues To Humans, Reuters
  11. Novel Motor Gestures Enhance The Acoustic Complexity Of Birdsong, Proc R Soc Lond
  12. Circadian Systems: Different Levels Of Complexity, Philos Trans R Soc Lond
    1. The Neurospora Circadian Clock: Simple Or Complex?, Philos Trans R Soc Lond
    2. Genetic Interactions Between Clock Mutations In Neurospora Crassa: Can They Help Us To Understand Complexity?, Philos Trans R Soc Lond
  13. The Significance Of Sentence Disruptions In The Development Of Grammar, J Speech Lang Hear Res
  14. A Variable Sun Paces Millennial Climate, Science
    1. Cornell's Digital Earth Project, Cornell Press Release
  15. Formation Of Coastline Features, Nature
  16. Weather Forecasters Look Ahead, Far Ahead, NYTimes
  17. On Complexity and Emergence, Complexity International
  18. Introduction to High-Frequency Finance, Academic Press
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Surprise. War Works After All, NYTimes
    2. Soldiers Play 'Virtual Reality' Training Games, Reuters
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Papers
    2. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.46 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Future Of The Networked Company, The McKinsey Quarterly
    1. Beyond The Unbundled Corporation, The McKinsey Quarterly
  2. IBM Building The First 'Self-Aware' Supercomputer, InfoWorld
    1. HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer As Dream And Reality, MIT PRess
    2. '2001: HAL's Legacy' to Air on PBS Nov. 27, KurzweilAI.net
    3. Comdex 2001, Video WebCasting
  3. DNA Repair On The Brain, PNAS
  4. Cholesterol Helps Brain Cells Communicate: Study, Reuters Health/Yahoo!
    1. Glial Cells Build The Brain, BioMedNet Conference Report
  5. Magical Numbers In Nature, Nature Science Update
  6. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges, Science
    1. Diversity and Productivity in a Long-Term Grassland Experiment, Science
  7. Biharzia Parasite Taps Into Immune System, New Scientist
  8. Viruses From Extreme Thermal Environments, PNAS
    1. Prehistoric Cockroach Biggest On Record, Discovery News
  9. Sheep Smarter Than They Look, Discovery/Reuters
  10. Baboons Show Signs Of Abstract Thinking, U Iowa/The Associated Press
  11. Scientists Don't Agree On Purpose Of Dreams, The Associated Press
  12. Tools Point To African Origin For Human Behaviour, New Scientist
  13. The Acquisition Of Language By Children, PNAS
    1. Children's Auditory Event-Related Potentials Index Sound Complexity And "Speechness", Int J Neurosci
    2. Spoken Word Production: A Theory Of Lexical Access, PNAS
    3. Cost And Conflict In Animal Signals And Human Language, PNAS
  14. Brain Finding May Finetune Virtual Reality, UPI/Infospace
    1. Distance Determined By The Angular Declination Below The Horizon, Nature
  15. Neural Models Of Arbitrary Chaotic Systems, Complexity International
  16. Bizarre Chemical Discovery Gives Homeopathic Hint, New Scientist
  17. A Parallel Distributed Processing Model Of Wason's Selection Task, Cognitive Systems Research
  18. Evolutionary Reconstruction of Networks, arXiv
    1. Evolving Modular Architectures For Neural Networks, Proc. Neural Comp. and Psych. Workshop
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. How NOT to Reorganize for Homeland Security, The Hill
    2. Could Geology Give Bin Laden Away?, The San Francisco Chronicle,
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Papers

Complexity Digest 2001.45 Next Issue TOP

  1. Tackling The Brain's Genetic Complexity, Nature Neuroscience
  2. Pyramidal Cell In Cognition: Comparative Study In Human & Monkey, J. Neuroscience
  3. Electrical Activity And Development Of Neural Circuits, Nature Neuroscience
    1. How Smell Develops, Nature Neuroscience
  4. Investigations of Locomotor Capacity as a Model System, Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst.
  5. Perceptual Basis Of Bimanual Coordination, Nature
  6. Complex Systems As Fundamental Theory Of Sports Coaching?, arXiv
  7. Depression, Antidepressants, And The Shrinking Hippocampus, PNAS
    1. Stress-Induced Changes In Cerebral Metabolites Prevented By Antidepressant, PNAS
  8. On The Impossibility Of Predicting The Behavior Of Rational Agents, PNAS
  9. Multiscale Computing, PNAS
  10. Location Behaviour, Spatial Patterns, And Agent-Based Modeling, JASSS
  11. Bird Migration: Magnetic Cues Trigger Extensive Refueling, Nature
  12. Biographical Essay on W. Grey Walter, Latest Freeman Manuscripts
    1. Robot Dog 'Bugs' Inventor, Wired News
  13. Scientists Discover Gene That Helps Protect Cells From Destructive Form Of Oxygen, Assoc Press
  14. A Simple Computational Predictor Of Enzyme Function From Structure, PNAS
  15. Metabolic Rate And Environmental Productivity: Evolved To Run And Idle Fast, PNAS
  16. Modeling the Emergence of Possession Norms Using Memes, JASSS
  17. Pair Interactions: Real and Perceived Attitudes, JASSS
  18. Consensus and Cohesion in Simulated Social Networks, JASSS
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Six Degrees of Mohamed Atta, Business 2.0
    2. America's Secret Weapon, Business 2.0
    3. Search For Bombs, Not Nail Clippers, salon.com
    4. Five Thoughts: Cyberterrorism, Darwin Mag
    5. The War on Terrorism, the World Oil Market and the U.S. Economy, Brookings Preprint
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Papers
    2. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.44 Next Issue TOP

  1. 1st International Conf On Web Intelligenc and Intelligent Agent Technologies, Video Report
  2. Artificiality Embodied, AI: Artificial Intelligence, HMS Beagle
  3. Forecasting Price Increments Using An Artificial Neural Network, Advances in Complex Systems
  4. Social Cognitive Explanations of Internet Use and Depression, J. of Online Behavior
  5. Genetics Decodes Language Ancestry, BIO Mednet
  6. Pain Research Comes into Its Own, The Scientist
  7. Profiling Brain Transcription: Neurons Learn A Lesson From Yeast, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  8. Unlocking the Paralysis Riddle, Wired News
  9. Stuttering: A Matter of Bad Timing, Science
  10. Songs that Cause The Brain to 'Itch', U.Cincinnati Press Release
  11. The Dynamics of Team Formation, HMS Beagle
  12. The Study Of Nonlinear, Self-Organizing Family Dynamics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences
  13. Plague Genome: The Evolution Of a Pathogen, The Scientist
  14. Inwardly Rotating Spiral Waves in a Reaction-Diffusion System, Science
  15. The Complexity And Hierarchical Structure Of Tasks In Insect Societies, Animal Behaviour
  16. Discriminating the Relation Between Relations, J. Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
  17. When Is An Ant Like A Bicycle?, Nature
  18. Aging And Dementia: More Gray Hair And Less Gray Matter, Amer. J. of Neuroradiology
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. "Conflict Index" Warns When A Nation Faces Civil War", New Scientist
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Santa Fe Institute Working Papers
    2. Other Papers
    3. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.43 Next Issue TOP

  1. Bringing Computers To Life, BBC News
    1. Using Humans As A Computer Model, NYTimes
  2. Non-Metallic Magnet Could Be Dream Computer Memory, New Scientist
    1. A Magnet Made From Carbo, Hierarchyn, Nature
    2. Magnetic Carbon, Nature
  3. IBM's Carbon Nanotube FET Hints At Post-Silicon Circuits, EE Times
  4. Self-Assembled Monolayer Organic Field-Effect Transistors, Nature
    1. It All Falls Into Place..., Nature
    2. It Works: Really Super Tiny Chips, Wired News
  5. The Concept Of Self-Organization In Cellular Architecture, J. Cell Biol
  6. Lattice Effects Observed in Chaotic Dynamics of Experimental Populations, Science
  7. Birds Fly In The Face Of 'Green' Farming Incentive Scheme, Nature
  8. Energy Saving In Flight Formation, Nature
    1. Fat And Formation In Flight, Nature
  9. Dynamics Of Rumor Propagation On Small-World Networks, arXiv
  10. A Precursor Of The Sciences Of Complexity In The XIX Century, arXiv
  11. Emergence of on a Network of Complementary Agents, arXiv
  12. Bad Weather Could Be Forecast Months Ahead, New Scientist
    1. Getting a Handle on The North's 'El Niño', Science
    2. Stratospheric Harbingers of Anomalous Weather Regimes, Science
  13. They Waved Bye to Surf Idea, Wired News
  14. Multiprotein Complex Signaling And The Plasticity Problem, Neurobiology
  15. Neuroimaging Of Visual Awareness, Neurobiology
  16. Signalling Mechanisms, Neurobiology
  17. Quantum Stew: How Physicists Are Redefining Reality's Rules, NYTimes
  18. Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on Adaptive Agents, Intelligence and Emergent Human Organization, Video Excerpts
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Lacking A Center, Terrorist Networks Are Hard To Find, Let Alone Fight, NYTimes
    2. Was The Attack Terrorism Or Legitimate War Act?, eTaiwanNews.com,
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Articles
    2. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.42 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Prize Winners for 2001, Nobel e-Museum
    1. What Prize Glory? The Ig Nobels, HMS Beagle
    2. The Wedding Complex, HMS Beagle
  2. Quantum Criticality in a Clean Metal, Science
    1. Magnetic Field-Tuned Quantum Criticality in the Metallic Ruthenate, Science
  3. Evolutionary Computation and Evolutionary Robotics, Cornell CSC
  4. Self-Organization Of A Propulsive Actin Network As An Evolutionary Process, PNAS
  5. Alife Model of Evolutionary Emergence of Purposeful Adaptive Behavior, arXiv
  6. Bugs Offer Power Tips, Nature Science update
  7. Inverse Modeling of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fluxes, Science
  8. How To Guess The Unguessable: Corporate Strategy, Financial Times
    1. Machiavellian Tactics Modeled, Nature Science update
  9. The Future of Game Design, IGDA
  10. Making Choices: The Neurophysiology Of Visual-Saccadic Decision Making, Trends in Neurosciences
  11. A Natural Account of Phenomenal Consciousness, CogPrints
  12. Mechanisms Of Pain, PNAS
  13. Perceptual Training: A Tool For Both Modifying The Brain And Exploring It, PNAS
    1. Different Patterns Of Human Discrimination Learning For Two Interaural Cues To Sound-Source Location, PNAS
    2. "What" And "Where" In The Human Auditory System, PNAS
    3. Shifts In Cortical Representations Predict Human Discrimination Improvement, PNAS
  14. A Complex Role For Genetics In Autism, Trends in Neurosciences
  15. Tiny Materials Have Big Possibilities, Infospace/UPI
    1. Thin-Film Thermoelectric Devices With High Room-Temperature Figures Of Merit, Nature
  16. A General Model For Ontogenetic Growth, Nature
  17. Let There Be Light, Physics Reports
    1. Let There Be Magnetism, Physics Reports
  18. Synchronization, Cambridge University Press Release
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. An Edge Question: What Now?, Edge
    2. Security Creates More Strains on Deliveries, NYTimes
    3. New Ideas In The War On Bioterrorism, NYTimes
    4. A Scientific Approach to Terrorism and National Security, National Academies
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Articles
    2. Conference Announcements
    3. Pup Alert

Complexity Digest 2001.41 Next Issue TOP

  1. Scientists Report Finding A Gene For Speech, NYTimes
    1. A Neurocognitive Perspective On Language, Nature Rev Neuroscience
    2. The Evolution Of Intelligence, Language And Evolution, Brain and Mind
    3. E-Body Language, BMN/Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  2. Research Into Laughter Is Serious Business, CNN/Reuters, 01/10/07
  3. A Functional Imaging Study Of Cooperation In Two-Person Reciprocal Exchange, PNAS
  4. Memories Are Made Of Ads, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  5. Encoding of Direction of Fingertip Forces by Human Tactile Afferents, J. Neurosci.
  6. Radical Embodiment: Neural Dynamics And Consciousness, BMN/Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  7. Development: A Question Of Timing, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  8. Proteomics Of Multiprotein Complexes: Answering Fundamental Questions In Neuroscience, BMN/Trends in Biotech
  9. Genome Sequence Of Yersinia Pestis, The Causative Agent Of Plague, Nature
  10. The Emergence And Evolution Of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, BMN/Trends in Microbiology
    1. Molecular Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Clin. Microbiol. Rev
  11. Constraint to Adaptive Evolution in Response to Global Warming, Science
    1. War Over Darwin Examined In 'Evolution', The Christian Science Monitor
  12. An Evolutionary Approach To Ecosystem Functioning, PNAS
    1. Animal Kingdom, New Scientist
    2. Phenotypic Diversity And Ecosystem Functioning In Changing Environments, PNAS
  13. Spatiotemporal Variation Of Metabolism In A Plant Circadian Rhythm, PNAS
  14. Carbon Emissions: The Economic Benefits Of The Kyoto Protocol, Nature
  15. Physiology: Cold Current In Thermoreceptive Neurons, Nature
  16. Agent-Based Computer Simulation And SIRS: Building A Bridge Between Basic Science And Clinical Trials, Shock
    1. Complexity And Non-Linearity In Shock Research: Reductionism Or Synthesis?, Shock
  17. Controlling Spatiotemporal Chemical Chaos Using Delayed Feedback, Phys Rev E
    1. Spatiotemporal Addressing of Surface Activity, Science
  18. Back To The Early Universe By A Monge-Ampere-Kantorovich Mass Transportation Method, arXiv
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Networks, Netwars, And The Fight For The Future, First Monday
    2. A Web Of Connections, Washington Post Newsweek Interactive
    3. Intelligence Analysis Software Could Predict Attacks, New Scientist
    4. War Disturbs The Most Dangerous Political Tectonic Plate In The World, The Independent
    5. A Cautionary Tale For A New Age Of Surveillance, NYTimes
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Links
      1. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, National Center for Biotechnology Information
    2. Other Articles
      1. Analyzing Website Choice Using Clickstream Data, arXiv
      2. Electronic Commerce, Consumer Search and Retailing Cost Reduction, arXiv
      3. Characterizing The Sparseness Of Neural Codes, Netw: Comp Neural Syst.
      4. Optimal Nonlinear Codes For The Perception Of Natural Colours, Netw: Comp Neural Syst.
      5. Snapping Shrimp Make Flashing Bubbles, Nature
      6. Bubbling Seas Can Sink Ships, New Scientist
      7. Photos of Eros Raise Question of Erosion in Space, The New York Times
      8. Spinal And Supraspinal Factors In Human Muscle Fatigue, Physiol. Rev.
      9. Complexity of Lung Cancer Modifiers: Mapping of Thirty Genes and Twenty-five Interactions in Half of the Mouse Genome, J. Natl. Cancer Inst.
    3. Conference Announcements
    4. Pup Alert

Complexity Digest 2001.40 Next Issue TOP

  1. Quantum Physics: Entangled Atomic Samples, Nature
    1. Trillion-Atom Triumph, Nature
    2. Atom Experiment Brings Teleportation a Step Closer, Yahoo/Reuters
    3. Experimental Long-Lived Entanglement Of Two Macroscopic Objects, Nature
  2. Creep and Mechanical Oscillator Damping, arXiv
  3. Earliest Presence Of Humans In Northeast Asia, Nature
    1. A Glimpse of Humans' First Journey Out of Africa, Science
    2. Tools Show Humans Reached Asia Early, Science
  4. Evolutionary Pulse Found, But Complexity as Well, Science
    1. Unhatched Eggs Help Dinos Get a Head, Science
    2. Embryonic Skulls of Titanosaur Sauropod Dinosaurs, Science
  5. All Creatures Great And Small, Nature
  6. The Salesman And The Tourist, Nature
  7. National: New Drug-Offender Program Draws Unexpected Clients, NYTimes
  8. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Tall Tales and Real Hurts, Clinician Reviews
  9. Organs Await Blood Vessels' Go Signal, Science
  10. Brain Area Holding 'Sense Of Self' Found, Discovery News/Reuters
  11. A Cortical Area Selective for Visual Processing of the Human Body, Science
    1. Pattern and Object Recognition, Science
    2. The Face of Controversy, Science
    3. Structural Encoding of Human and Schematic Faces: Holistic and Part-Based Processes, J. Cogn. Neurosci.
    4. Distributed and Overlapping Representations of Faces and Objects in Ventral Temporal Cortex, Science
    5. Face Processing Occurs Outside The Fusiform `Face Area' In Autism, Brain
  12. The Context of Uncertainty Modulates the Subcortical Response to Predictability, J. Cogn. Neurosci.
  13. Amygdala's Inner Workings, The Scientist
  14. Neuroimaging Of Cognitive Functions In Human Parietal Cortex, Neurobiology
  15. Neuronal Circuit Dynamics: The Sociology Of Neurons, Riken BSI News
  16. Detection of Sounds in the Auditory Stream: Differential Activation to Speech and Nonspeech, J. Cogn. Neurosci.
  17. Internet Stays Small World, TRN News
    1. World Wide Web Scaling Exponent From Simon's 1955 Model, Physical Review E
  18. New Network To Eavesdrop On Earth, Discovery News
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. A New Mindset for Warfare, Washingtonpost.com
    2. America's Response to Terrorism: Reaction at Home and Abroad, Brookings Video
    3. In the Next Chapter, Is Technology an Ally?, NYTimes
    4. Chaos: The Coming Technology War, Yahoo/ www.NewsFactor.com
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Applicability Of Lyapunov Exponent In EEG Data Analysis, Complexity International
    2. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.39 Next Issue TOP

  1. Reconstructing Bologna. The City as an Emergent Computational System, arXiv
  2. Relevant Knowledge First - Reinforcement Learning and Forgetting, arXiv
  3. Profile: Schneider National, In It For The Long Haul, Darwin Mag
  4. Travelers Warm Up To Videoconferencing, NYTimes
    1. Forget Travel--Try Videoconferencing For The Masses!, ZDNet
  5. Scientific Publishing: Peer Review And Quality: A Dubious Connection?, Science
  6. The Rhythm Of Microbial Adaptation, Nature
  7. Physiology: All Fired Up: A Universal Metabolic Rate, Science
    1. Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate, Science
  8. Rapid Diversification of a Species-Rich Genus of Neotropical Rain Forest Trees, Science
  9. Conservation Biology: Bold Corridor Project Confronts Political Reality, Science
    1. Building a Case for Biological Corridors, Science
    2. Impact of Landscape Management on Genetic Structure of Squirrel Populations, Science
  10. Future Atlantic Hurricane Picture Is Highly Complex, North Carolina State U/ Science Daily
  11. Quantum Theory Could Expand the Limits of Computer Chips, NYTimes
    1. Better Microchips From Atom-Sized Holes, InfoSpace/UPI,
  12. Friction And Fracture, Nature
  13. Modeling--A Tool for Experimentalists, Science
  14. Nonlinear Myofilament Regulatory Processes Affect Muscle Fiber Stiffness, Biophys. J
  15. Can Sex Hormones Protect Against Or Treat Alzheimer's?, MedScape
  16. Spatial Range Of Autocrine Signaling: Modeling And Computational Analysis, Biophys. J
  17. Viewpoint Traveling Electrical Waves In Cortex, Neuron
  18. Neural Events And Perceptual Awareness, Cognition
    1. The Rediscovery Of The Human Mind, Korean Psych. Asso. Proc
    2. Transcranial Stimulation, HMS Beagle
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Santa Fe Institute Working Papers
    2. Other Articles
    3. Software Announcements
    4. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.38 Next Issue TOP

  1. Where Was U.S. Intelligence?, Wired News
    1. Commission Warned Bush, Salon
    2. Exec Summary of U.S. Commission on National Security Report, Washington File/ U.S. Dep of State
    3. U.S. Warned In 1995 Of Plot To Hijack Planes, Attack Buildings, CNN
    4. Trade Center Removed From Next 'Flight Simulator', USAToday/AP
  2. Emotions Are Rationale for Some Moral Dilemmas, Science Now
    1. An fMRI Investigation of Emotional Engagement in Moral Judgment, Science
    2. A Bioarchaeological Perspective On The History Of Violence, Ann Rev Anthropol
  3. The Origin Of State Societies In South America, Ann Rev Anthropol
  4. Pack Formation In Cycling And Orienteering, Nature
    1. Peers Under Pressure, Nature
  5. What--or Who--Did In the Neandertals?, Science
  6. Wealth Redistribution With Finite Resources, arXiv
    1. Asset-Asset Interactions And Clustering In Financial Markets, Physica A/arXiv
    2. Stochastic Volatility as a Simple Generator of Financial Power-laws and Long Memory, Working Papers
  7. Excitability of Human Axons, Clinical Neurophysiology
  8. Modeling And Simulation In Clinical Drug Development, Drug Discovery Today
  9. General Criterion For Controllable Conformational Transitions Of Single And Double Stranded DNA, arXiv
  10. The Quandary of Quantum Information, Science
    1. Exp. Realization of Noiseless Subsystems for Quantum Information Proc, Science
    2. A Quantum Conversation, S, cience
  11. Computer Networks As Social Networks, S, cience
  12. Answering Subcognitive Turing Test Questions, CogPrints
    1. Entropic Entropic Analysis Of The Role Of Words In Literary Texts, arXiv
  13. Machine Learning for Science: State of the Art and Future Prospects, Science
    1. Pathway Databases: A Case Study in Computational Symbolic Theories, Science
  14. Blazing Pathways Through Genetic Mountains, Science
  15. Flirting with Catastrophe, Science
    1. A Microscopic Basis for the Global Appearance of Energy Landscapes, Science
  16. Artificial Ants Solve Network Problems, BBC News
  17. Better Searching Through Science, Science
  18. Mathematical Fortune Telling, Complexity
  19. Sensory Perceptions, The Scientist
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Articles
      1. The World-Wide Telescope, Science
      2. Dissociation Between Hand Motion And Population Vectors From Neural Activity In Motor Cortex, Nature

Complexity Digest 2001.37 Next Issue TOP

  1. Testing Time for Missile Defense, Science
    1. Attacks Will Force Rethink Of Anti-Terrorist Strategy, NewScientist
  2. Just Like Ants, Computers Learn From the Bottom Up, NYTimes Book Report
    1. Emergence, The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, Scribner
  3. Zipf Distribution of U.S. Firm Sizes, Science
  4. A Community Of Ants, Fungi, And Bacteria: A Multilateral Approach To Studying Symbiosis, Annu Rev Microbiol
  5. Body's Secret Weapon: Burning Water?, Science
    1. Antibody Catalysis Of The Oxidation Of Water, Science
  6. Control Of Octopus Arm Extension By A Peripheral Motor Program, Science
  7. Can Robots Make Good Models Of Biological Behaviour?, Behavioral And Brain Sciences
    1. Theory Grounding in Embodied Artificially Intelligent Systems, CogPrints
    2. Mechanical Models For Insect Locomotion: Stability And Parameter Studies, Physica D
  8. From the Mouths (and Hands) of Babes, Science
    1. Language Rhythms In Baby Hand Movements, Nature
  9. The Effect of Native Language on Internet Usage, arXiv
  10. Humans As The World's Greatest Evolutionary Force, Science
  11. New Route to Big Brains, Science
  12. The Exploitation Of Regularities In The Environment By The Brain, Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  13. Segregation Of Human Neural Stem Cells In The Developing Primate Forebrain, Science
  14. Reasons To Dream: Science Stirs Anew Over Whether Dreaming Serves A Function, Newsday
  15. Being Ugly Is Attractive Too, New Scientist
  16. Scientists Use Strandings to Bring Species to Life, Science
    1. Why Do Marine Mammals Strand?, Science
  17. Mobilized Bone Marrow Cells Repair The Infarcted Heart, Improving Function And Survival, PNAS
  18. Global Stability, Local Stability And Permanence In Model Food Webs, J Theor Biol
  19. Taming Chaotic Systems With Dithers, Physica D
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Articles
      1. Dynamical Models Of Phyllotaxis, Physica D
      2. Artificial Neurons with Arbitrarily Complex Internal Structures, arXiv
      3. Connectionist Inference Models, CogPrints.
      4. Voice vs Data: Estimates of Media Usage and Network Traffic, arXiv
    2. Conference Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.36 Next Issue TOP

  1. Are Music And Dance Credible Signals Of Coalition Quality?, Cogprints
  2. Intimidation Tactics May Have Led To Speech, New Scientist
  3. Investigating the Functional Anatomy of Empathy and Forgiveness, Neuroreport
    1. Pathological Laughter and Crying: A Link to the Cerebellum, Brain
  4. Learning Appropriate Contexts, CogPrints
  5. Neural Coding of Naturalistic Motion Stimuli, Network: Comput. Neural Syst
  6. Hypnosis Does Not Aid Memory Recall, Medscape
  7. Brain Cells Used to Make Working Semiconductor, Yahoo!/Reuters
    1. Nerve Chip Goes Live, Nature Science Update
  8. How Cells Find Their Way, The Scientist
  9. Experimental Robots `Learn' Right And Wrong, In The San Jose Mercury News
  10. The Arrival of Talking Computers and the End of Literacy, TNTY Futures
    1. What Happens When Machines Can Speak?, TNTY Futures
  11. Alter Our DNA Or Robots Will Take Over, Warns Hawking, Guardian
  12. Parasitic Computing, Nature
  13. Navy Uses Tiny Boxfish As Submarine Model, The Associated Press
  14. Self-Organization in a Surface Reaction: From Atomic to Mesoscopic Scale, Science
    1. Bridging Gaps and Opening Windows, Science
  15. Universal Behaviour In Compressive Failure Of Brittle Materials, Nature
  16. Superconductivity Race Heats Up, Science Now
    1. High-Temperature Superconductivity in Lattice-Expanded C60, Science
  17. Virus-Mediated Killing Of Cells That Lack P53 Activity, Nature
    1. Listening for Viruses, Science Now
  18. Principia Mathematica III, New Scientist
  19. The Emergence of Complexity: Science Coming of Age or Science Growing Old?, ChemWeb
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Complexity Digest 2001.35 Next Issue TOP

  1. Achilles' Heel In Missile Plan: Crude Weapons, NYTimes
  2. Scientists Track Down Human Longevity Genes, Yahoo! News/Reuters
    1. A Genome-Wide Scan For Linkage To Human Exceptional Longevity Identifies A Locus On Chromosome 4, PNAS
  3. What Only The Embryo Knows, NYTimes
  4. Chip Lithography Harnessed To Grow Living Brain Cells, EE Times
  5. Artificial Neurons with Arbitrarily Complex Internal Structures, arXiv
  6. 'Spin' Could Be Quantum Boost For Computers, NYTimes
    1. MIT, HP To Build Quantum Computer, CNN, 01/08/20
  7. Theory Grounding in Embodied Artificially Intelligent Systems, CogPrints
  8. Nonadiabatic Dynamics In Semiquantal Physics, Reports on Progress in Physics
  9. What's On Tap? Why, Haptics, Wired News
  10. Taming the Web, Technology Review
  11. Highly Clustered Scale-Free Networks, arXiv
  12. All Data On The Weather Map Are Not Equal, Physics Update
  13. Two-Path Quantum Interference In A Liquid, Physics Today
  14. Modeling Vocal Fold Motion With A Continuum Fluid Dynamic Model, arXiv
  15. Atoms Hop between Islands of Regular Motion in a Sea of Chaos, Physics Today
  16. Turbulent Heat Flow: Structures and Scaling, Physics Today
  17. Making Traffic Jams Less Sticky, Fortune
  18. The Many Faces Of Adaptation, Nature
    1. Efficiency And Ambiguity In An Adaptive Neural Code, Nature
  19. Evidence For Chaos In The Neocortex, Physics News Update
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Articles
      1. Impairments of Attention and Effort Among Patients With Major Affective Disorders, J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosci.
      2. Study Finds West Nile Virus Infections Are Underreported, The Associated Press
      3. The Neurology of Impaired Consciousness: Global Disorders and Implied Models, Netforum
      4. Effects Of Autonomic Blockers On Linear And Nonlinear Indexes Of Blood Pressure And Heart Rate, AJP: Heart
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      1. Tjurunga Launches New Complexity Site For Business And Government, Canberra, 01/08/16
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Complexity Digest 2001.34 Next Issue TOP

  1. Mobilized Bone Marrow Cells Repair The Infarcted Heart, PNAS
  2. Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators: How to Make It More Timely, NBER
  3. Non-Linear EEGDynamics In Patients With Nocturnal Migraine Attacks, Neurosci Lett
  4. Spanwise Flow And The Attachment Of The Leading-Edge Vortex On Insect Wings, Nature
  5. Spatial-Temporal Imaging Of Bacterial Infection In Intact Animals, PNAS
  6. Researchers Target Deadly Tsunamis, Science
    1. Modeling a 3600-Year-Old Tsunami Sheds Light on Minoan Past, Science
  7. How Seedlings See the Light, Science
  8. Field Test Backs Model for Invader, Science
    1. Infiltration of a Hawaiian Community by Introduced Biological Control Agents, Science
    2. Parasitic Wasps Invade Hawaiian Ecosystem, Science
  9. Plants' Battle Against Disease Is 'Trench Warfare At Molecular Level', Cornell Press Rel
  10. Methods of Declarative Logic Programming for Intelligent Information Agents, arXiv
  11. Classes for Fast Maximum Entropy Training, arXiv
  12. Self-Adaptively Randomized Loop-Free Routing Algorithm, Chinese Patent App.
  13. Structural Mimicry In Bacterial Virulence, Nature
  14. Multitasking Is Overtaxing, Researchers Find, Medscape
  15. Crossmodal Binding Of Fear In Voice And Face, PNAS
  16. Packaging Proteins May Be Second Genetic Code, New Scientist
  17. Sub-Planck Structure And Its Relevance For Quantum Decoherence, Nature
  18. Laws of Nature May Change as Universe Ages, Yahoo! News
  19. Phase Transition Between Disordered And Ordered Foraging In Pharaoh's Ants, PNAS
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Articles
      1. Preventative Mastectomies Save Lives, Study Finds, Linda A. Johnson, The Associated Press, 7/19/01

Complexity Digest 2001.33 Next Issue TOP

  1. Control Technique Cuts Electricity Bills For Commercial Buildings, Purdue Univ/ScienceDaily
  2. Robots Beat Human Commodity Traders, New Scientist
    1. Still Waiting on Neural Nets, Technology Review
  3. Fire's Spread Looks Fractal, Nature
  4. Avoiding Ambiguity, Nature
  5. Time Of Growing Pains For Information Age, NYTimes
  6. Origin Of The Patents, Technology Review
  7. Computer Program Raises Possibility Of Voice Theft, New Scientist
    1. Gadget Puts Words In Dog's Mouth, New Scientist
  8. Left In Music, Nature
  9. Quantum Memories Should Mimic Ours, Nature
  10. Mathematics of Philosophy or Philosophy of Mathematics? Nonlin Dyn, Psych. & Life Sciences
  11. Jigsaw Model Of The Origin Of Life, Proceedings of SPIE
  12. Designer Molecules Can Be Made To Follow Orders, Researcher Says, SmallTimes
  13. Analysis Of Complex Brain Disorders With Gene Expression Microarrays, Trends Neurosci
  14. Design By Numbers, Nature
  15. Molecular Electronics: Momentous Period For Nanotubes, Nature
  16. Solar Cell Organization, Science
    1. Solar Cells by Self-Assembly?, Science
    2. Self-Organized Discotic Liquid Crystals for High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics, Science
    3. "Self-Assembling" Solar Cells Developed, New Scientist
  17. Send In The Clouds, The Christian Science Monitor
  18. Numeric Simulation of Plant Signaling Networks, Plant Physiol.
  19. Book Report: An Energetic View Of Nature
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Complexity Digest 2001.32 Next Issue TOP

  1. The End Of World Population Growth, Nature
  2. Storm Experts Make Cloud Vanish, New Scientist
  3. Contrasting Visions: United States, China And World Order, Brookings Inst.
  4. Adversaries Would Find Other Attack Methods, Game Theory Shows, UIUC/Science Daily
  5. Yet Another Role for DNA?, Science
  6. To Make Money With Self-Replicating Microscopic Robots. Some Day, Darwin Mag.
  7. Assembling Nanocircuits From the Bottom Up, Science
  8. Feedback Tames Chaotic Surface Chemistry, Physics Today
  9. Strength And Tempo Of Directional Selection In The Wild, PNAS
  10. Progress In Cancer Vaccines By Enhanced Self-Presentation, PNAS
  11. Cell Cycle Arrest Control Decision Between Differentiation And Senescence, PNAS
  12. Artificial Neural Network Based Method of Screening Heart Murmurs in Children, Circulation
  13. Bullants - Among The Biggest, Meanest And Most Primitive Of Insects, HMS Beagle
  14. From Hamsters To Humans: Brain-Development Timeline Finds Many Parallels, Cornell PR
  15. Mimicry: An Interface Between Psychology And Evolution, PNAS
  16. Feedback Connections and Conscious Vision, HMS Beagle
  17. The Mind Doesn't Work That Way: The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology, Cogprints
  18. The Complex Story of H2, Science
  19. Free-Space Optical Communication Link Under Various Atmospheric Conditions
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Complexity Digest 2001.31 Next Issue TOP

  1. Antibacterial Hits A Punch, Nature
    1. Antibacterial Agents Based On The Cyclic D,L- a-peptide Architecture, Nature
    2. Rings Of Destruction, Nature
  2. How Technology Spreads, NBER
  3. Proteomics Takes a Leap, Science
    1. Global Analysis of Protein Activities Using Proteome Chips, Science
  4. Cardiac Interbeat Interval Dynamics From Childhood to Senescence, Circulation
  5. Altered Complexity and Correlation Properties of R-R Interval Dynamics, Circulation
  6. A Model For Control Of Chagas Disease, Science
  7. Evolutionary Self-Organization Of Cell-Free Genetic Coding, Science
  8. The Complexity of Clickomania, arXiv
  9. Scientists Are Starting To Add Letters To Life's Alphabet, NYTimes
  10. Targeting Malaria - The Life Cycle Of A Malaria Parasite Is Complicated, BMN
  11. Symbiosis: Bugs Within Bugs Within Mealybugs, Nature
    1. Mealybug b-Proteobacterial Endosymbionts Contain g-Proteobacterial Symbionts, Nature
  12. Some Humpbacks Not Back: Whaling's Past Still Scars Recovered Humpback Populations, Nature S.U.
  13. Ancient Fishing Linked To Modern Crisis, CNN
    1. Historical Overfishing And The Recent Collapse Of Coastal Ecosystems, Science
  14. Segmentation Gets Pieced Together, Science Now
  15. Noisy Clockwork: Time Series Analysis Of Population Fluctuations In Animals, Science
  16. Complex Species Interactions And The Dynamics Of Ecological Systems: Long-Term Experiments, Science
  17. Clock Synchronization: A Quantum GPS, Nature
    1. Entangled Light Could Help Make Time Travel, Nature Science Update
    2. Quantum-Enhanced Positioning And Clock Synchronization, Nature
  18. The Coming Superintelligence: Who Will Be In Control?, KurzweilAI.Net Newsletter
  19. Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos In Agricultural Systems, Book Announcement
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Complexity Digest 2001.30 Next Issue TOP

  1. Hurricane Threats, Science
    1. Warmer, Stormier Weather In Store, Science
    2. The Recent Increase In Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes And Implications, Science
  2. Interpretation Of High Projections For Global-Mean Warming, Science
    1. Uncertainty And Climate Change Assessments, Science
    2. Uncertainty In The IPCC's Third Assessment Report, Science
  3. What Weather Costs, New Yorker
  4. Responding To Market Failures In Tuberculosis Control, Science
    1. How Tuberculosis Bacterium Evades Detection, Case Western Reserve Univ/Scince Daily
  5. Minor Mutations In HIV Virus Have Major Impact, Mass. Gen Hosp/ Science Daily
  6. Ant Group Dynamics, Nature Science Update
  7. A Question Of Semantics, WorldLink
  8. The Internet Asset Test, WorldLink
  9. The Rhythms That Bind Women, The Scientist
    1. Pheromones Can Banish Premenstrual Syndrome, New Scientist
  10. Redox Around The Clock, Science
    1. Chronobiology--Reducing Time, Science
    2. NPAS2: An Analog of Clock Operative in the Mammalian Forebrain, Science
    3. Regulation Of Clock And NPAS2 DNA Binding By The Redox State Of NAD Cofactors, Science
    4. Darwin's Wake-Up Call, Nature
  11. 'Inconceivable' Bugs Eat Methane On The Ocean Floor, Science
    1. Methane-Consuming Archaea Revealed By Directly Coupled Isotopic And Phylogenetic Analysis
  12. Evolution Of Digital Organisms Leads To Survival Of The Flattest, Nature
  13. Alien Versus Predator, Nature
  14. Windows On The Brain, Nature
  15. Long-Term Plasticity In Interneurons Of The Dentate Gyrus, PNAS
  16. Lightness Constancy In Primary Visual Cortex, PNAS
    1. An Empirical Explanation Of The Chubb Illusion, J. Cogn. Neuroscience
  17. Americans And Chinese Recall Memories Very Differently, Cornell Press
    1. The Volumes Of Memory, J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
    2. Cognitive Function In The Oldest Old: Women Perform Better Than Men, J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
    3. Alzheimer's Vaccine Passes Key Test, CNN
  18. Dynamics Of Collapsing And Exploding Bose--Einstein Condensates, Nature
  19. Intrinsic Noise In Gene Regulatory Networks, PNAS
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Living Links: A Center for the Advanced Study of Ape and Human Evolution, Emory University
    2. Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.29 Next Issue TOP

  1. Immune Control, Memory, And Vaccines, Science
    1. 'Breeding' Antigens For New Vaccines, Science
    2. The Art Of The Probable: System Control In The Adaptive Immune System, Science
    3. Tampering With The Immune System, Science
  2. Selection Pressure And Organizational Cognition: Implications For The Social Determinants Of Health, Cogprints
  3. Major Challenges For Bush's Climate Initiative, Science
    1. Sizzling Sun Makes Cloudy Days, CNN
  4. Surprise Variation Found In Human Genes, New Scientist
    1. Huge Genetic Variation Found In Human Beings, abcNEWS
  5. Borna Disease Virus Linked With Severe Mood Disorders, Medscape
    1. Odorants May Arouse Instinctive Behaviours, Nature
    2. A Model Of The Interaction Between Mood And Memory, Network: Comput. Neural Syst.
  6. Babies Recognize Music From The Womb, abcNEWS
    1. Music In Broca's Area, Trends In Neurosciences
    2. Song From Neighbor Star Has Familiar Ring, CNN
  7. A Hebbian Form Of Long-Term Potentiation, PNAS
  8. Creativity And Problem Solving: Elements For A Model Of Creativity, CogPrints
  9. Biological Model Generates Prime Numbers, Science
    1. Prime Number Selection Of Cycles In A Predator-Prey Model, Complexity
  10. Intentional Walks On Scale Free Small Worlds, arXiv
  11. Another Emissary From The Dawn Of Humanity, Science
    1. Late Miocene Hominids From the Middle Awash, Ethiopia, Nature
  12. A Trick Shot In Quantum Billiards, Science
    1. No Mere Anarchy, Science
    2. Atoms Island-Hop, Science Now
    3. Observation of Chaos-Assisted Tunneling Between Islands of Stability, Science
  13. Entangling Atomic Collisions, Science/PRL
  14. Dynamic Cerebrovascular Response Between Stepwise Up Tilt And Down Tilt In Humans, AJP: Heart
  15. Complex AV Nodal Dynamics During Ventricular-Triggered Atrial Pacing In Humans, AJP: Heart
  16. Predictability Of Catastrophic Events, arXiv
  17. Paediatric Head Injury, Brain
  18. Danish Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phone Use And Cancer, J. Radiol. Prot.
    1. Mobile Phones: Developments In The UK, J. Radiol. Prot. News And Information
  19. Chameleon Code Gives Hackers Advantage, New Scientist
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Complexity Digest 2001.28 Next Issue TOP

  1. UCSF Scientists Halt Tumor Growth By Manipulating Telomerase Enzyme, UCSF/Science Daily
  2. Silencing The Alarm: The First Few Days Of Hiv Infection, New Scientist Magazine
  3. Building The Bodies Of A New Machine, Boston Globe
  4. Innovation Networks - A Simulation Approach, JASSS
  5. Modelling And Simulating Innovation Behaviour Within Micro-Based Correlated Decision Processes, JASSS
  6. Competition As A Test Of Hypotheses: Simulation Of Knowledge-Generating Market Processes, JASSS
  7. Empirically Based Simulation: The Case Of Twin Peaks In National Income, JASSS
  8. Control Motifs For Intracellular Regulatory Networks, Annu. Rev. Biomed. Engr.
  9. Computer Modeling And Simulation Of Human Movement, Annu. Rev. Biomed. Engr.
  10. Lighting the Way To A Quantum Computer, Science
  11. Dynamical Tunnelling Of Ultracold Atoms, Nature
  12. Observation Of Quantum Shock Waves Created With Ultra-Compressed Slow Light Pulses, Science
  13. Ultrafast Manipulation Of Electron Spin Coherence, Science
  14. Carbon Nanotube Single-Electron Transistors At Room Temperature, Science
  15. By A Whisker, Harbor Seals Catch Their Prey, Science
    1. Hydrodynamic Trail-Following In Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina), Science
  16. Galaxy Formation: Are We There Yet?, Science
    1. Star Formation, Supernovae Feedback And The Angular Momentum Problem, arXiv
  17. Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity As A Temporal Filter, Trends In Neurosciences
  18. Sensing Seizure Activity Earlier, Trends In Neurosciences
  19. From Intelligent Networks To Global Brains, Conference WebCast
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Complexity Digest 2001.27 Next Issue TOP

  1. Brane New World, Nature
  2. Chaos Killed The Dinosaurs, Nature
  3. Chaotic Hysteresis and Systemic Economic Transformation: Soviet Investment Patterns, NDPLS
  4. Quantum Bargaining Games, arXiv
  5. New York 121 -- Is Sent To Russia To Stave Off Potato Crisis, Cornell Press Release
  6. From Double Bind to N-Bind: Toward a New Theory of Schizophrenia and Family Interaction, NDPLS
  7. Future Psychological Evolution, Dynamical Psychology
  8. Secrets Of An Acid Head, New Scientist
  9. Putting Numbers Into Words, BioMedNet
    1. Lip Service To Phantom Limbs, BioMedNet
  10. The Structure of Growing Social Networks, SFI Working Papers
  11. The Web Of Human Sexual Contacts, Nature
  12. Metazoan Inventions For Integrating Cells Into Tissues, Physiol. Rev
  13. Writing Gets A Rewrite, Science
  14. Researchers Undaunted In Complex Quest For Aids Vaccine Keay Davidson, The San Francisco Chronicle
  15. SIMPLIcity: Semantics-sensitive Integrated Matching for Picture Libraries, IEEE
  16. Regularities Unseen, Randomness Observed: Levels of Entropy Convergence, SFI Working Paper
  17. Crystal-Like Structure Of Photosystem I Providing Light Capturing And Electron Transfer, Nature
  18. Nitric Oxide And The Control Of Firefly Flashing, Science
    1. NO Helps Make Fireflies Flash, Science
    2. Why Do Fireflies Glow?, CNN Video
  19. Flickering Lights Foretell Glowing Networks, BBC News Online
  20. Links & Snippets
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      1. Complexity Digest Site Design Competition!
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Complexity Digest 2001.26 Next Issue TOP

  1. Risk And Uncertainty, Nature
  2. Shift From Forest To Crops Lowers Daytime Temperatures, NCAR/Science Daily
  3. Finding New Ways To Fight Plant Diseases, Science
    1. Genetically Modified Canola Becoming A Weed, CBC News Online
  4. Life Or Death In Cells: 'Critical Effectors' Of Apoptosis, The Scientist
    1. Drug Makers On The Apoptotic Trail, The Scientist
  5. The Zombie Within, Nature
    1. Introspective Physicalism As An Approach To The Science Of Consciousness, CogPrints
  6. Finger-Tapping Reveals Internal Mechanisms, Helping Us Respond To Subliminal Changes In Stimuli, APA/Science Daily
  7. Play's The Thing, New Scientist
  8. Non-Stick Water, Nature
    1. Liquid Marbles, Nature
  9. Plasticity Near And Far, Science
    1. Synchronizing The Brain's Signals, Science
    2. Precise And Reliable Brain Trains, Science
  10. Ionic Mechanism Of Hearing, Science
  11. Neural Details Of How Barn Owls Locate Sound Sources, Physics Today
  12. Neuroscience: Awareness Of Space, Nature
    1. Spatial Awareness Is A Function Of The Temporal Not The Posterior Parietal Lobe, Nature
  13. Single Neurons In Prefrontal Cortex Encode Abstract Rules, Nature
  14. Parallel-distributed Processing In Olfactory Cortex, Chem. Senses
  15. Nanopore: High-Speed. Single-Molecule DNA Sequencing, Harvard University Website
  16. A Continuous Model Of Computation, arXiv
  17. Statistical Mechanics Of Complex Networks, arXiv
  18. Acoustic Oscillations In Accord, Science
  19. Cosmology: Math Trick May Cause Tension Headache, Science
  20. Links & Snippets
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Complexity Digest 2001.25 Next Issue TOP

  1. Earth System Science, Science
  2. Far-Reaching Effects of the Hawaiian Islands On The Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere System, Science
  3. Not All Chaos On The Weather Map Is Equal, Physics News Update
    1. Chaos Hotspots On The Weather Map, Physics News Graphics
  4. Reshaping the Theory Of Cloud Formation, Science
  5. Consciousness, Brain
  6. Auditory Space-Time Receptive Field Dynamics, J. Neurosci
  7. Motion-Induced Blindness In Normal Observers, Nature
  8. From Genome To Function, Science
  9. Telomeres Silence In Human Cells, Science
    1. Telomere Position Effect In Human Cells, Science
  10. The Nature Of Complex Molecules Far From Equilibrium, PNAS
  11. Preformation, Architectural Complexity, And Developmental Flexibility In Acomastylis Rossii, Am. J. Bot
  12. Plant Defence, Nature
  13. Homing In On Ant Navigation, Nature
    1. Ant Odometry In The Third Dimension, Nature
  14. World's Fastest Silicon Transistors Just 20 Nanometers In Size, Intel/Science Daily
  15. Newly Available Tool Makes The Web Search A Graphic Experience, UIUC/Science Daily
    1. Organizing Encyclopedic Knowledge Based On The Web And Its Application To Question Answering, arXiv
  16. Internet Cafe Owners Lash Out At Taipei Gov't, FT/China Post
    1. Internet Cafe Proprietors Protest `Unfair' Regulations, Taipei Times
  17. Information Integration And Computational Logic, arXiv
  18. Economic Models For Management Of Resources In Grid Computing, arXiv
  19. World's Languages Disappearing Rapidly, Study Finds, Scripps Howard News Service
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Complexity Digest 2001.24 Next Issue TOP

  1. Are There Bugs In Our Genome?, Science
    1. Rarely Sharing Their Genes?, Science
    2. Microbial Genes In The Human Genome: Lateral Transfer Or Gene Loss?, Science
    3. Complex Genetic Determinants Of Circadian Behavior In Mice, Genome Res
  2. Clicking on a Mouse Model, Science
    1. In Silico Mapping Of Complex Disease-Related Traits In Mice, Science
  3. Increasing Threat Of Potato Late Blight, Cornell Press Release
  4. Neural Representations of Temporally Asymmetric Stimuli In The Auditory Cortex, J. Neurophysiol.
  5. Earliest Evidence For Efficient Oral Processing In A Terrestrial Herbivore, Nature
  6. Leptin's Effect On Body Weight Is More Complex Than Previously Thought, Science Daily/ Yale U.
  7. Tracking Wakes: The Nocturnal Predatory Strategy Of Piscivorous Catfish, PNAS
  8. Can Organisms Speed Their Own Evolution?, Science
  9. Physical Stress And Diversity-Productivity Relationships: The Role Of Positive Interactions, PNAS
  10. Synaptic Pattern Formation During Cellular Recognition, PNAS
  11. The Signal Recognition Particle, Annu. Rev. Biochem.
  12. Folding Of Newly Translated Proteins In Vivo: The Role Of Molecular Chaperones, Annu. Rev. Biochem.
  13. Intact Implicit Learning In Schizophrenia, Am. J. Psychiatry
  14. Cancer: Telomerase Meets Its Mismatch, Nature
    1. Defects In Mismatch Repair Promote Telomerase-Independent Proliferation, Nature
  15. Toward Diamond Lasers, Science
    1. Making Diamond Shine
    2. Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers, Science
    3. Ultraviolet Emission From A Diamond Pn Junction, Science
  16. Reasoning About Commitments And Penalties For Coordination Between Autonomous Agents, Agents-2001
  17. Model Behaviour (US, European, Asian Capitalism), World Link
  18. Corporate Academia, HMS Beagle
  19. Trash-Burning Neighbors, Taipei Times
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Complexity Digest 2001.23 Next Issue TOP

  1. Desert Dust Suppressing Precipitation: A Possible Desertification Feedback Loop, PNAS
  2. A Change Of Climate For Big Oil, Nature
    1. A Tiger By The Tail, NY Times
  3. Computation From Geometr, y, Science
    1. Computing With Ions, Science
  4. Formally Speaking, Nature
  5. SIAM Awards New Prizes In Dynamical Systems, SIAM Dynamical Systems
  6. Deep-Space 'Filament' Shows Cosmic Fabric, Science
    1. Einstein Was Right! (For The Wrong Reasons), The Christian Science Monitor
  7. Season Of Solar Storms, The San Francisco Chronicle
  8. Dynamic Systems As Tools For Analysing Human Judgement, CogPrints
  9. When Being Weak Is Brave: Privacy In Recommender Systems, arXiv
  10. Learning To Cooperate Via Policy Search, arXiv
  11. What Makes The Mind Dance And Count, Science
  12. Explaining The Unexplained: Understanding Hysteria, Brain
  13. Single Cocaine Exposure In Vivo Induces Long-Term Potentiation In Dopamine Neurons, Nature
  14. Agrin--A Bridge Between The Nervous And Immune Systems, Science
    1. Shared Recipe for a Synapse, Science
  15. Knife-Edge Of Design, Nature
  16. Parent-Offspring Coadaptation And The Dual Genetic Control Of Maternal Care, Science
  17. Sensory Adaptation: Tunable Colour Vision In A Mantis Shrimp, Nature
  18. Bee Dance Reveals Bee's-Eye View, Science
    1. Honeybee Dances Communicate Distances Measured By Optic Flow, Nature
  19. Publish Free Or Perish, Scientific American
    1. Future E-Access To The Primary Literature, Nature Debate
    2. Should The Record Of Scientific Research Be Privately Owned And Controlled?, Public Library of Science
    3. A Public Archive For The Primary Scientific Literature?, Science Debate
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Complexity Digest 2001.22 Next Issue TOP

  1. Before the Big Bang, There Was . . . What?, NYTimes
    1. Evidence Of Acoustic Oscillation In Cosmic Microwave Background, Science Daily/Carnegie Mellon U
  2. Biocomplexity: New Way To Do Science, Or Just Another Buzzword?, HMS Beagle
  3. Microbial Seascapes Revisited, Current Opinion in Microbiology
    1. Biocides, Drug Resistance And Microbial Evolution, Current Opinion in Microbiology
    2. Special Coating Kills Germs, CNN Online
    3. Microbial Genomes: Dealing With Diversity, Current Opinion in Microbiology
  4. Digging Up Fresh Clues About the Origin of Mammals, Science
    1. Tiny Creature May Be Ancestor Of All Mammals, CNN
    2. Early Mammalian Traits, Science
    3. A New Mammaliaform From The Early Jurassic And Evolution Of Mammalian Characteristics, Science
  5. Putting Limits on the Diversity of Life, Science
  6. Carbon Cycle: Fertile Forest Experiments, Nature
    1. Limited Carbon Storage In Soil And Litter Under Increased Atmospheric CO2, Nature
    2. Soil Fertility Limits Carbon Sequestration By Forest Ecosystems In A CO2-Enriched Atmosphere, Nature
  7. Protein Clumps Hijack Cell's Clearance System, Science
    1. New Clue to the Cause of Alzheimer's, Science
  8. Proteins More Dynamic Than Previously Known, Science Daily/U Penn
    1. Microscopic Origins Of Entropy, Heat Capacity And The Glass Transition In Proteins, Nature
  9. Learning From A Fly's Memory, Nature
    1. Disruption Of Neurotransmission In Drosophila Blocks Retrieval But Not Acquisition Of Memory, Nature
  10. Researchers Shed Light On Gambling And The Brain, Science Daily/Massachusetts General Hospital
    1. Impulsive Choice Induced In Rats By Lesions Of The Nucleus Accumbens Core, Science
  11. Creating AI: A Unique Interplay Between The Development Of Learning Algorithms And Their Education, AI White Papers
    1. Conversing with Stochastic Language Models, AI White Papers
  12. A Distributive And Collaborative Concurrent Product Design System Through The WWW/Internet, Int. J. Adv Manuf Tech
  13. Thermal Features Bubble In Yellowstone Lake, Science
  14. The Science of Elections, Science
  15. Metabolism, Excitability, and Seizures, Science
    1. Protective Role of ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Hypoxia-Induced Generalized Seizure, Science
  16. IOM Report: Brain Disorders a 'Developing Problem' in Poor Countries, Reuters
  17. Antibiotic And Insecticide Resistance Modeling - Is It Time To Start Talking?, Trends In Microbiology
  18. The Search For E.T. Yields Earthly Cheats, NY Times
    1. Uncheatable Distributed Computations, Stanford Preprint
  19. Match Of The Data, Nature
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Complexity Digest 2001.21 Next Issue TOP

  1. Understanding Complex Systems, Video Conference Report
    1. Resuscitated 'Alien' Microbes Stir Up An Italian Storm, Nature
  2. Swarm Intelligence: A Whole New Way To Think About Business, Harvard Business Rev
  3. Evolutionary Psychology, HMS Beagle
  4. The Bugs Of War, Nature
    1. Talks Inching Ahead On Monitoring '72 Germ Warfare Pact, NYTimes
  5. How Viruses Spread Among Computers And People, Science
  6. Array System Promises Global Atmospheric Monitoring, Nature
  7. Record Salmon Populations Disguise Uncertain Future, Nature
  8. Psychology And International Relations Theory, Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci.
  9. Biology And Politics: Linking Nature And Nurture, Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci.
  10. Californian Labs Feel The Heat Of Energy Crisis, Nature
  11. 'Chocolate-Like' Food Addiction In Moth Larvae, Cornell Press Release
  12. The Webmind AI Engine - A True Digital Mind In The Making, Dynamical Psychology
  13. A Theory Of Pragmatic Information and Its Application To The Quasispecies Model Of Biological Evolution, arXiv
  14. Semidirect Structure From Motion, UCLA VisionLab Preprint
    1. Why Did We Think We Dreamed In Black and White?, CogPrints
  15. Controlling Chemical Turbulence By Global Delayed Feedback, Science
  16. Watching Turbulence With A Particle-Physics Detector, Physics Today
  17. Xenotransplantation Gains Momentum, HMS Beagle
  18. Can Genes Explain Biological Complexity?, Science
    1. New Genomes Shed Light On Complex Cells, Science
  19. Book Report: Complexities Of A Controversial Practice, Science
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Articles
    2. TheScientificWorld Pub Alert: "Complexity"
    3. Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.20 Next Issue TOP

  1. Human-Modified Ecosystems And Future Evolution, PNAS
    1. The Biotic Crisis And The Future Of Evolution, PNAS
    2. Closing Of The Indonesian Seaway As A Precursor To East African Aridification, Nature
    3. Hungry People Vs. Rare Wildlife: A Call For New Farming Methods, NYTimes
  2. Modern Men Trace Ancestry to African Migrants, Science
    1. African Origin of Modern Humans in East Asia: A Tale of 12,000 Y Chromosomes, Science
  3. Learning From The Spinal Cord, J. Physiol.
    1. Neural Prostheses, J. Physiol
  4. Evolving Ideas Of Brain Evolution, Nature
    1. Scalable Architecture In Mammalian Brains, Nature
    2. An Evolutionary Scaling Law For The Primate Visual System And Its Basis In Cortical Function
  5. Legs, Eyes, or Wings--Selectors and Signals Make the Difference, Science
    1. Control of a Genetic Regulatory Network by a Selector Gene, Science
  6. Gene Therapy Restores Vision To Dogs Blinded By Inherited Disease, Cornell Univ
    1. Gene Therapy Restores Vision In A Canine Model Of Childhood Blindness, Nature Genetics
  7. Care Complexity in the General Hospital: Results From a European Study, Psychosomatics
    1. COMPRI--An Instrument to Detect Patients With Complex Care Needs: Results From a European Study, Psychosomatics
    2. Risk Factors for Complex Care Needs in General Medical Inpatients, Psychosomatics
  8. Evolution And Scientific Literature: Towards A Decentralized Adaptive Web, Nature
    1. Web Archive Opens a New Realm of Research, NYTimes
  9. Physical Properties Determining Self-Organization of Motors and Microtubules, Science
  10. Wolbachia: A Tale of Sex and Survival, Science
  11. A Power Law For Cells, PNAS
  12. Weeding And Grooming Of Pathogens In Agriculture By Ants, Proc. Roy. Soc.
  13. Mutual Information Analysis Of The EEG In Patients With Alzheimer's, Clin Neurophysiol
  14. Computational Methods for Analyzing and Controlling Hybrid Systems, Caltech Control & Dyn Syst Seminar
  15. Cooperation, Adaptation and the Emergence of Leadership, arXiv
  16. Microplanning with Communicative Intentions, arXiv
  17. Neuropsychology Of Fear And Loathing, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
    1. Beware And Be Aware: Capture Of Spatial Attention By Fear-Related Stimuli In Neglect, Neuroreport
  18. New Imaging Tools Put the Art Back Into Science, Science
  19. When Space And Time Conspire, Nature Bookreport
    1. Complex Systems: Chaos and Beyond, Springer
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Complexity Digest 2001.19 Next Issue TOP

  1. Apoptosis, HMS Beagle
    1. APOPTOSIS: Death Of A Monopoly?, Science
  2. Proteins Are Vastly More Complicated Than Previously Realized, Science Daily
  3. Researchers Unfold Single RNA Molecules Using Mechanical Force, Science Daily
  4. A New Solution To The 3-Body Problem, Notices of the AMS
    1. Here Be No Dragons, Nature
  5. Microscopic Parasite Limits Own Virulence To Keep Host Alive, San Francisco Chronicle
    1. Regulation Of Differentiation To The Infective Stage Of Protozoan Parasite, Science
  6. Consistent Patterns And The Idiosyncratic Effects Of Biodiversity In Marine Ecosystems, Nature
  7. Sleep In Early Life May Play Crucial Role In Brain Development, Science Daily
  8. Mirror Self-Recognition In The Bottlenose Dolphin: A Case Of Cognitive Convergence, PNAS
    1. Brainy Dolphins Pass the Human 'Mirror' Test, NYTimes
  9. A Neural Correlate Of Syntactic Encoding During Speech Production, PNAS
  10. Computational Modeling Of Visual Attention Laurent, Nature
  11. Cortical Deafness To Dissonance, Brain
  12. Sex Matters, National Academy Of Sciences/Institute Of Medicine
  13. Prostate Cancer Complexity, Tracking The Disease's Genetic Roots Presents Enormous Challenges, The Scientist
  14. Glial Cells And The Synapse, Science
    1. Unwrapping Glial Cells From The Synapse: What Lies Inside?, Science
    2. Control Of Glutamate Clearance And Synaptic Efficacy By Glial Coverage Of Neurons, Science
    3. Glia-Synapse Interaction Through Ca2+-Permeable AMPA Receptors In Bergmann Glia, Science
  15. Integrated Genomic And Proteomic Analyses Of A Systematically Perturbed Metabolic Network, Science
  16. Circadian Rhythms In Plants, Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol
  17. Complex Manoeuvres, Financial Times
    1. Winning The War On Complexity, Oracle White Paper
    2. Complex or Simple? Four Ways to Tell If You're Really an E-Business, Oracle.com
  18. Mutation, Selection, And Vertical Transmission Of Theistic Memes In Religious Canons, J. Memetics
  19. Is Suicide Contagious?, J. Memetics
  20. Links & Snippets
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    3. Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.18 Next Issue TOP

  1. Archaeological Site in Peru Is Called Oldest City in Americas, NYTimes
    1. The First Urban Center in the Americas, Science
    2. Dating Caral, a Preceramic Site in the Supe Valley on the Central Coast of Peru, Science
  2. Cultural Responses to Climate Change During the Late Holocene, Science
    1. The Shadow of Droughts' Deaths, Science
  3. Nonlinear Effects Of Large-Scale Climatic Variability On Wild And Domestic Herbivores, Nature
    1. Increased Abundance Of Juvenile Corals On A Caribbean Reef, PNAS
  4. Entanglement Purification For Quantum Communication
  5. Selective Bond Breaking with Strong Laser Fields, Science
    1. Keeping Reactions Under Quantum Control, Science
    2. Selective Bond Dissociation and Rearrangement with Optimally Tailored, Strong-Field Laser Pulses, Science
  6. How the Brain Understands Music, Science
    1. How Our Brains Tell The Difference Between Music And Noise, New Scientist
    2. Pitch Perception: A Dynamical-Systems Perspective, PNAS
  7. A Wholly Empirical Explanation Of Perceived Motion, PNAS
  8. A Default Mode of Brain Function, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
  9. A Neural Model Of Perceptual Grouping And Learning, Cerebral Cortex
  10. Russia Hails Breakthrough In Building Artificial Brain, The Christian Science Monitor
  11. Rhesus Monkeys Know When They Remember, PNAS
    1. Animals Know More Than We Used To Think, PNAS
    2. What Do Those Barks Mean?, NYTimes
  12. Tracking Memory's Trace, PNAS
  13. Covert Attention Accelerates The Rate Of Visual Information Processing, PNAS
  14. Blindsided by the Future, Vitamin B
  15. Adding Art to the Rigor of Statistical Science, NYTimes
  16. Life's Little Mysteries, NYTimes
    1. Universality And Diversity Of Protein Folding And Molecular Recognition Mechanisms, Chem.Phys.Let.
  17. Democracy at Risk, Tikkun Magazine
    1. Little Change Forecast For Election Process, NYTimes
    2. Playing At Life, Christian Science Monitor
  18. Why Wait for That Money? Download It Instead, NYTimes
  19. Links & Snippets
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Complexity Digest 2001.17 Next Issue TOP

  1. Towards A General Theory Of Biodiversity, Nature
  2. Approaching Biology From a Different Angle, NYTimes
  3. Social Sciences: Too Soon For A Requiem, worldlink
  4. Emerging Infectious Diseases From The Global To The Local Perspective, Natl Acad Of Sciences
  5. Elephant Matriarchs Tell Friend From Foe, Science
    1. Matriarchs As Repositories of Social Knowledge in African Elephants, Science
  6. Quantifying Herding During Speculative Financial Bubbles, arXiv
  7. Representation of Acoustic Communication Signals by Insect Auditory Receptor Neurons, J. Neurosci.
  8. Mother Is Just Another Face In The Crowd To Autistic Children, Science Daily
    1. Early Visual Experience And Face Processing, Nature
  9. Neuronal Clusters in the Primate Motor Cortex During Interception of Moving Targets, J. Cogn. Neurosci.
  10. Can Medial Temporal Lobe Regions Distinguish True From False?, PNAS
  11. Mechanisms Of Migraine Aura Revealed By Functional MRI In Human Visual Cortex, PNAS
  12. In Search Of God, New Scientist
  13. Who's Got Pull Around Here? Cell Organization In Development And Tissue Engineering, PNAS
  14. The Advantages of Togetherness, Science
    1. Cooperation and Competition in the Evolution of ATP-Producing Pathways, Science
  15. Molecule That Guides Nerve Cells Also Directs Immune Cells, Science Daily
    1. The Neuronal Repellent Slit Inhibits Leukocyte Chemotaxis, Nature
  16. Combinatorial Landscapes, SFI Working Papers
  17. Quantum Solutions to Difficult Problems, Science
    1. A Quantum Adiabatic Evolution Algorithm Applied to an NP-Complete Problem, Science
  18. Inescapably Connected: Life in the Wireless Age, NYTimes
    1. Making HAL Your Pal, Wired News
  19. Shelf Life: Discovering Dimensions Beyond Imagining, Nytimes
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Pub Alert

Complexity Digest 2001.16 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Semantic Web, Scientific American
  2. Prion Protein: Evolution Caught En Route, PNAS
  3. The Role Of Chaotic Resonances In The Solar System, Nature
  4. Twin Peeks at Ocean Warming, Science
    1. Greenhouse Warming Passes One More Test, Science
    2. Detection of Anthropogenic Climate Change In The World's Oceans, Science
    3. Climate Response To Orbital Forcing Across The Oligocene-Miocene Boundary, Science
  5. Farm Futures, Science
    1. Forecasting Agriculturally Driven Global Environmental Change, Science
    2. Control of Nitrogen Export From Watersheds By Headwater Streams, Science
  6. Tissue Spreading On Implantable Substrates Is A Competitive Outcome, PNAS
  7. Fundamental Unpredictability In Multispecies Competition, The American Naturalist
  8. Intervening To Achieve Cooperative Ecosystem Management: Towards An Agent Based Model, J. Art Soc & Soc Sim
  9. From Social Monitoring To Normative Influence, J. Art Soc & Soc Sim
    1. Modeling The Emergence Of Resource-Sharing Conventions: An Agent-Based Approach, J. Art Soc & Soc Sim
    2. Creating Artificial Worlds: A Note On Sugarscape And Two Comments, J. Art Soc & Soc Sim
  10. The Creation Of A Reputation In An Artificial Society Organised By A Gift System, J. Art Soc & Soc Sim
  11. Role-Playing Games For Opening The Black Box Of Multi-Agent Systems, J. Art Soc & Soc Sim
  12. Why Mathematicians Now Care About Their Hat Color, NYTimes
  13. Object Processing In The Infant Brain, Science
  14. Location Neurons Do Advanced Math, Science
    1. Be Subthreshold And Multiply, Science
    2. Auditory Spatial Receptive Fields Created By Multiplication, Science
    3. Hyperacute Directional Hearing of the Ormia Ochracea Fly, Cornell News/Science Daily
  15. Genomics Fosters a "Systems Approach" And Collaborations, Plant Cell
  16. Odor-associated Health Complaints, Chem. Senses
    1. Judgement Of Odor Intensity Influenced By Knowledge Of Odor Source, Chem. Senses
  17. Semantic Dementia: Relevance To Connectionist Models Of Long-Term Memory, Brain
  18. Is Schizophrenia Caused By An Enemy Within?, New Scientist
    1. Retroviruses And The Pathogenesis Of Schizophrenia, PNAS
    2. Retroviral RNA Identified In The Cerebrospinal Fluids And Brains Of Individuals With Schizophrenia, PNAS
  19. A Developmental Study Of The Affective Value Of Tempo And Mode In Music, Author Response
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Complexity Digest 2001.15 Next Issue TOP

  1. ICDE International Conference on Distance Education, Conference Video Notes
    1. Auditing Classes At M.I.T., On The Web And Free, NYTimes
  2. Companies Turn To Complexity Theory To Improve Business Processes, InformationWeek
  3. The New 'Bots" Tell Us How to Invest - Online, NYTimes
  4. Power Laws: Are Hospital Waiting Lists Self-Regulating?, Science
  5. Networks, Netwars, and Information-Age Terrorism, Fathom
  6. Chimeric Mice Reveal Clues To How Brain’s Clock "Ticks", Howard Hughes Med. Inst./Science Daily
  7. An Alternative Approach To Establishing Trade-Offs Among Greenhouse Gases, Nature
    1. Gas Bill Added Up, Nature Science Update
  8. Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease, National Academies
  9. Invariant Scaling Relations Across Tree-Dominated Communities, Nature
  10. Frogs Feel The Heat, Nature
    1. Climate And Amphibian Declines, Nature
    2. Complex Causes Of Amphibian Population Declines, Nature
  11. Nutrition: A Reservoir For Integrative Science, J. Nutrition
  12. n-Dimensional Gravity: Little Black Holes, Dark Matter, and Ball Lightning, arXiv
  13. Gene Expression Differs in Human and Chimp Brains, Science
  14. Fruit Flies at a Ripe Old Age, Science
    1. LONGEVITY: Growing Old Together, Science
    2. Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a Drosophila Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein, Science
    3. A Mutant Drosophila Insulin Receptor Homolog That Extends Life-Span and Impairs Neuroendocrine Function, Science
  15. Self-Organization of Topographic Mixture Networks Using Attentional Feedback, Neural Comp.
  16. Emergence of Memory-Driven Command Neurons in Evolved Artificial Agents, Neural Comp.
  17. Combat Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria, HMS Beagle
  18. Growing Artificial Livers, New Scientist
  19. Early Childhood Development And Learning: New Knowledge For Policy, National Academies
  20. Kids' Got Rhythm, Nature
    1. A Developmental Study Of The Affective Value Of Tempo And Mode In Music., Cognition
  21. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Papers
    2. Announcements

Complexity Digest 2001.14 Next Issue TOP

  1. Intelligent Social Learning, J. Artificial Societies & Social Simulation
  2. Six Levels of Complexity; A Typology of Processes and Systems, J.Artificial Societies & Social Simulation
  3. The Birds: If Wolves Could Fly, Rivers of Thought
  4. Narrative Intelligence from the Bottom Up, J.Artificial Societies & Social Simulation
  5. Introducing Emotions into the Computational Study of Social Norms, J.Artificial Societies & Social Simulation
  6. Quantum Complexity of Integration, J. Complexity
    1. Computing, One Atom At A Time, NYTimes
    2. Quantum Computing, J. Complexity
  7. Faster-Than-Light Effects and Negative Group Delays in Optics and Electronics, arXiv
  8. Extreme Diversity, Conservation, and Convergence of Spider Silk Fibroin Sequences, Science
    1. Spinning A Yarn, Nature
    2. Liquid Crystalline Spinning Of Spider Silk, Nature
  9. Early Birds May Miss the Worms, Science
    1. Disrupted Schedules, Science
    2. Energetic And Fitness Costs Of Mismatching Resource Supply And Demand In Seasonally Breeding Birds, Science
  10. How Cannabinoids Work in the Brain, Science
    1. Cannabinoids Act Backwards, Nature
    2. Endogenous Cannabinoids Mediate Retrograde Signalling, Nature
  11. Virus-Assisted Mapping Of Neural Inputs To A Feeding Center In The Hypothalamus, Science
    1. Pathfinding Virus, Science
  12. Colour My I's Blue, Nature
    1. Unconscious Priming Eliminates Automatic Binding Of Colour And Alphanumeric Form In Synaesthesia, Nature
  13. Costs and Benefits of High Mutation Rates: Adaptive Evolution of Bacteria in the Mouse Gut, Science
  14. Caterpillar-Induced Nocturnal Plant Volatiles Repel Conspecific Females, Nature
  15. Rapid Phenotypic Change And Diversification Of A Soil Bacterium, Microbiology
  16. Self-Organized Criticality In Evolutionary Systems With Local Interaction, arXiv
  17. SH3 Domains: Complexity In Moderation, Science
  18. Workshop on Dynamical Systems, Conference Report
  19. Links & Snippets

Complexity Digest 2001.13 Next Issue TOP

  1. 2nd Einstein Days: Complexity in Man, Nature and Reality, Video Conference Report
  2. All Science Is Computer Science, George Johnson, NY Times
  3. Mite-y Good News For Honeybees, Wired News
  4. Did Humans Descend From Lucy Or From Newly Discovered Creature?, U. Utah/Science Daily
    1. Another Face In Our Family Tree, Nature
    2. The Flat Faced Man Of Kenya, Nature
    3. New Hominin Genus From Eastern Africa Shows Diverse Middle Pliocene Lineages, Nature
  5. How Bacillus Thuringiensis Has Evolved Specific Toxins To Colonize The Insect World, Trends in Genetics
  6. The Increasing Complexity Of The Snail Gene Superfamily In Metazoan Evolution, Trends in Genetics
  7. Trade-Offs, Conflicts Of Interest And Manipulation In Plasmodium-Mosquito Interactions, Trends in Parasitology
  8. Olfactory Fingerprints For Major Histocompatibility Complex-Determined Body Odors, J. Neurosci.
  9. The Smell Of Imprinting, Trends in Genetics
  10. The Strength of Selection, Science/Am.Nat
  11. Learning and Relearning, Science
  12. Latching Onto Cellular Automata, Science/J. Appl.Phys
  13. Potential for Turing Patterns, Science
    1. Turing-Type Patterns On Electrode Surfaces, Science
  14. Understanding Environmental And Geographical Complexities Through Similarity Matching, Complexity International
  15. Evolution In The Multiverse, Complexity International
  16. Toward an Architecture for Quantum Programming, arXiv
  17. Search in Power-Law Networks, arXiv
  18. Tiny Breaths, Science
  19. Tjurunga Pty Ltd Joins Santa Fe Associates International, SFAI
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Complexity Digest 2001.12 Next Issue TOP

  1. Brain's Recuperative Powers May Be Greater Than Previously Thought, Rutgers U/Science Daily
    1. Neurogenesis In The Adult Is Involved In The Formation Of Trace Memories, Nature
  2. The Increasingly Plastic, Hormone-Responsive Adult Brain, PNAS
  3. Some Choose To Lose Memory, Nature
    1. Suppressing Unwanted Memories By Executive Control, Nature
  4. Hand Morphology, Manipulation, And Tool Use In Neandertals And Early Modern Humans, PNAS
    1. Behavioral Inferences From The Skhul/Qafzeh Early Modern Human Hand Remains, PNAS
  5. Hungry Primates See Red, Nature
    1. Ecological Importance Of Trichromatic Vision To Primates, Nature
  6. The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Ally, Science
    1. Calling in Your Allies, Science
    2. Defensive Function of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatile Emissions in Nature, Science
  7. All Together Now?, Science
    1. Synchronous Tropical South China Sea SST Change And Greenland Warming During Deglaciation, Science
  8. Pattern Formation: Instabilities In Sand Ripples, Nature
  9. Temporal Coding of Contrast in Primary Visual Cortex: When, What, and Why, J. Neurophysiol.
  10. Functioning Of The Rat Circadian System Modified By Light Applied In Critical Postnatal Days, AJP: Regu
  11. CCK-A Receptor Antagonist, Stimulates Calorie Intake And Hunger Feelings In Humans, AJP: Regu
  12. Defibrillation Efficacy and Quantification of Activation Patterns in a Canine Heart Failure Model, Circulation
  13. Plasticity Of The Frequency Map In Specialized And Nonspecialized Auditory Cortices, PNAS
  14. Neural Fate Of Seen And Unseen Faces In Visuospatial Neglect, PNAS
  15. Using Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Networks For Solving Computationally Hard Problems, PNAS
  16. The Small-World of Human Language, SFI Working Papers
  17. Dyslexia: Same Brains, Different Languages, Science
    1. Dyslexia: Cultural Diversity and Biological Unity, Science
    2. Cultural Influences on Reading, Science
    3. Dyslexia Study Highlights Impact Of English, French, And Italian Writing Systems, AAAS/Science Daily
  18. Effect Of Total Sleep Deprivation On The Dimensional Complexity Of The Waking EEG, Sleep
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Complexity Digest 2001.11 Next Issue TOP

  1. Engineers Will Demonstrate New System To Prevent Power Failures, Purdue News/Science Daily
  2. How to "Breed" Smooth Production, Fortune
  3. Exploring Complex Networks, Nature
  4. Synchronization And Rhythmic Processes In Physiology, Nature
  5. Noise To Order, Nature
  6. Crackling Noise, Nature
  7. Pattern Formation: Spiral Cracks Without Twisting, Nature
  8. Computing Pioneer Challenges The Clock, NYTimes
  9. Heat Vent" In Pacific Cloud Cover Could Diminish Greenhouse Warming, NASA/Science Daily
  10. The Origins of Modern Corals, Science
  11. Progress In Invasion Biology: Predicting Invaders, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  12. Are Martian 'Pe, arl Chains' Signs of Life? , Science
  13. Patience Yields Secrets of Seed Longevity, Science
  14. A Limit To The Speed Of Processing In Ultra-Rapid Visual Categorization Of Novel Natural Scenes, J. Cogn. Neurosci
  15. Study Suggests Pitch Perception Is Inherited, Science
    1. Genetic Correlates of Musical Pitch Recognition in Humans, Science
    2. Do You Hear What I Hear?, Science
    3. Can't Carry A Tune? Blame Your Genes, CNN
  16. Polynesian Origins: Slow Boat To Melanesia?, Nature
  17. INTERMED--A Clinical Instrument for Biopsychosocial Assessment, Psychosomatics
  18. The Water-Tower Analogy Of The Cardiovascular System, AJP: Advan
  19. Protection Against Helicobacter Pylori And Other Bacterial Infections By Garlic, J. Nutr.
  20. PoPMuSiC, An Algorithm For Predicting Protein Mutant Stability Changes. Application To Prion Proteins, Protein Eng
  21. Switching Sides to Get Ahead, Science
    1. Moving On, Science
    2. Hierarchical Organization of Guidance Receptors, Science
  22. Links & Snippets
    1. SFI Working Papers
    2. The National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
    3. Econophysics Forum Weekly
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Complexity Digest 2001.10 Next Issue TOP

  1. Humans on the Move, Science
    1. In Search of the First Europeans, Science
    2. The Riddle of Coexistence, Science
    3. But Did They Mate?, Science
    4. Clovis First, Science
    5. Pre-Clovis Sites Fight for Acceptance, Science
    6. Tracking the Sexes by Their Genes, Science
    7. The Peopling of the Pacific, Science
    8. Genealogical and Evolutionary Inference with the Human Y Chromosome, Science
    9. Genetic Clues to Dispersal in Human Populations: Retracing the Past from the Present, Science
    10. Paleolithic Technology and Human Evolution, Science
  2. Isotopic Evidence For Microbial Sulphate Reduction In The Early Archaean Era, Nature
  3. The Origin Of Atmospheric Oxygen On Earth: The Innovation Of Oxygenic Photosynthesis, PNAS
  4. Crystals Prove Life on Mars, Discovery
    1. Chains Of Magnetite Crystals In The Meteorite ALH84001: Evidence Of Biological Origin, PNAS
  5. Power Laws of Wealth, Market Order Volumes and Market Returns, arXiv
  6. Quantifying Dynamics Of The Financial Correlations, arXiv
  7. Complex Structures In Generalized Small Worlds, arXiv
  8. Artificial Societies of Intelligent Agents, Thesis in Computing Engineering
  9. A Novel Microbial Habitat In The Mid-Ocean Ridge Subseafloor, PNAS
  10. The Evolution Of Social Behavior In Microorganisms, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  11. Structural Colour: Now You See It --- Now You Don't, Nature
  12. Invariant Scaling Relationships For Interspecific Plant Biomass Production Rates And Body Size, PNAS
    1. Scaling Of Growth: Plants And Animals Are Not So Different, PNAS
  13. Circuit Training, Nature
  14. Nanohedra: Using Symmetry To Design Self Assembling Protein Cages, Layers, Crystals, And Filaments, PNAS
  15. Recent Improvements In Prediction Of Protein Structure By Global Optimization Of A Potential Energy Function, PNAS
  16. Solvent Effects On The Energy Landscapes And Folding Kinetics Of Polyalanine, PNAS
  17. Two Different Neurodegenerative Diseases Caused By Proteins With Similar Structures, PNAS
  18. Brain Cells Research Fuels Debate, Financial Times
    1. Of Mice And Men, Financial Times
  19. Synergistic Contributions Of Cyclin-Dependant Kinase 5/P35 And Reelin/Dab1 To The Positioning Of Cortical Neurons In The Developing Mouse Brain, PNAS
  20. Chaos On Centre Court, Nature
    1. Dynamics Of A Bouncing Ball In Human Performance, Rhys. Rev. E
  21. Getting The Joke, New Scientist
    1. Did You Hear The One About The Prefrontal Cortex?, Nature
  22. U.S. Scuttles Latest Chance to Avert Global Warming Catastrophe, Foreign Policy In Focus
  23. MIT Professor Claude Shannon Dies, MIT News Release
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Complexity Digest 2001.09 Next Issue TOP

  1. Humbled By The Genome's Mysteries, NYTimes
  2. Protein Encoding By Both DNA Strands, Nature
  3. Life In Extreme Environments, Nature
  4. The Habitat And Nature Of Early Life, Nature
  5. Boiling-Water Worm Hosts Bizarre Bugs, Discovery News
  6. Chance And Necessity: The Evolution Of Morphological Complexity And Diversity, Nature
  7. The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Nature
  8. Where Are The Dolphins?, Nature
  9. Anthropologist Examines The Power Of Water On Earth's Earliest Civilizations, U Cincinnati , ScienceDaily
  10. Scientists Spar Over Claims of Earliest Human Ancestor, Science
  11. The Impact Of Specialized Enemies On The Dimensionality Of Host Dynamics, Nature
  12. Variability in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation Through a Glacial-Interglacial Cycle, Science
    1. A Slow Dance for El Niño, Science
  13. Predicting El Nino With The Help Of A Wind Trigger, AGU/ Science Daily
  14. Was the Medieval Warm Period Global?, Science
  15. Passport, Please: A Global Strategy To Curb Invasive Species, Stanford University, ScienceDaily
  16. Neuronal Choir Hums In Unison To Rivet Brain's Attention, NIH/NIMH/Science Daily
    1. Attention Leads to Synchronization, Science
    2. Drums Keep Pounding a Rhythm in the Brain, Science
    3. Modulation Of Oscillatory Neuronal Synchronization By Selective Visual Attention, Science
  17. Neural-Network Models Of Learning And Memory, Trends In Cognitive Sciences
  18. 'Smallest' Robot To Take World By Swarm, CNN
  19. Toward Paperlike Displays, Science
  20. Quantum Computer Design Lights Dots, TRN News
  21. The Key Vanishes: Scientist Outlines Unbreakable Code, NYTimes
  22. Assessing The Predictability Of Social And Economic Time-Series Data: The Example Of Crime In The UK, arXiv
  23. Power Law Distribution Of The Duration And Magnitude Of Recessions In Capitalist Economies, arXiv
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Complexity Digest 2001.08 Next Issue TOP

  1. Draft Human Genome Sequence Published, Nature
    1. Initial Sequencing And Analysis Of The Human Genome, Nature
    2. The Sequence Of The Human Genome, Science
    3. The Humane Genome, Nature
    4. A Tale of Two Sequences, Science
    5. Brain Cell Connections Restored With Gene Therapy In Aged Monkeys, UCSD/Science Daily
    6. Dynamic Modeling Of Gene Expression Data, PNAS
    7. Implications for Congenital Heart Disease, Annu. Rev. Physiol.
  2. Searching For Life In The Stardust, BusinessWeek Online
    1. How Life Got The Upper Hand
  3. Some Economists Call Behavior A Key, NY Times
    1. Exuberance Is Rational, NY Times
  4. Web Frontier Is Alive And Thriving, Darwin Magazine
  5. Microbial Activity Key Component Of Global Environmental Change, Science Daily
  6. Storm Surges Increase With Warming Oceans, Science Daily
  7. Brain Responses Associated With Consciousness Of Breathlessness (Air Hunger), PNAS
    1. Neuroimaging Evidence Of Hypercapnia And Hunger For Air, PNAS
  8. Imaging The Sleeping Brain, Trends In Neurosciences
  9. The Neural Basis Of Task-Switching In Working Memory: Effects Of Performance And Aging, PNAS
  10. On A Common Circle: Natural Scenes And Gestalt Rules, PNAS
  11. Documenting Plant Domestication, PNAS
  12. Evolutionary Quantum Game, arXiv
  13. Chaos And The Exchange Rate, Working Papers In Economics
  14. Microeconomic Models For Long-Memory In The Volatility Of Financial Time Series, Working Papers in Economics
  15. Come On Feel The Noise, Nature
    1. Noise Suppression By Noise, Phys.Rev.Let.
  16. Dynamic Behavior During Noninvasive Ventilation: Chaotic Support?, Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.
  17. Mimicking Biological Systems, Composite Material Heals Itself, Science Daily
    1. Plastic, Heal Thyself, Nature Science
    2. Autonomic Healing Of Polymer Composites
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Complexity Digest 2001.07 Next Issue TOP

  1. Strong Radiative Heating Of Black Carbon In Atmospheric Aerosols, Nature
  2. The Universal Nature Of Biochemistry, PNAS
    1. Searching For An Alien Haven In The Heavens, PNAS
    2. State-Of-The-Art Instruments For Detecting Extraterrestrial Life, PNAS
    3. Possible Ecosystems And The Search For Life On Europa, PNAS
  3. Panel Seeks Truth in Lie Detector Debate, Science
  4. Fitness of Advanced Eusocial Bees, PNAS
  5. What You Don't Know Will Hurt You, Science
    1. Recolonizing Carnivores And Naive Prey, Science
    2. Learning Fast, New Scientist
  6. Tilling History With Biology's Tools, NYTimes
  7. McAfee Creates Global Map To Track Viruses, CNN
  8. Computer-Mad Generation Has A Memory Crash, Sunday Times
  9. Major Cause Of Global Warming -- Ordinary Soot, Science Daily
    1. Soot In The Greenhouse, Nature
  10. New Report Backs Planting More Trees to Fight Warming, NY Times
  11. The Great Seaweed Slaughter, Businessweek
  12. An Agility-Based OODA Model For The e-Commerce/e-Business Enterprise, War, Chaos, and Business
  13. Learning in the Pond Snail Lymnaea, Learn. Mem.
    1. Maze Navigation by Honeybees, Learn. Mem.
    2. Learning Motor Synergies, Learn. Mem.
  14. Crackling Noise, arXiv
  15. Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon Dies at Age 84, Carnegie Mellon News
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Complexity Digest 2001.06 Next Issue TOP

  1. 'Theory Of Mind' And Executive Functions, Brain
  2. "Essence" Of Human Nature In Frontal Lobe?, Baycrest Cntr. f. Ger. Care/Science Daily
    1. The Frontal Lobes Are Necessary For 'Theory Of Mind', Brain
  3. Time Scales In Motor Learning And Development, Psychological Review
  4. Superior Auditory Spatial Tuning In Conductors, Nature
    1. Find That Tune, Nature
  5. Astounding Bat Mobility, Nature Science Update
    1. Versatility Of Biosonar In The Big Brown Bat, Acoustics Res. Let. Online
  6. Picking Out Odors, Science
    1. Odor Representation By Slow Temporal Patterning Of Mitral Cell Activity, Science
    2. Odorant Detection And Classification, Brain Components as Elements of Intelligent Function
  7. Drugs Against Crime?, Am. J. Psychiatry
  8. Simulation Sizes Up Web Structure, TRN News
  9. Measuring IT Value Learning Center, DarwinMag
  10. New Gnutella: Why It'll Be The Music Industry's Next Worst Nightmare, ZDNet
  11. Biologists Propose New Grouping for Mammals, U. Cincinnati/Science Daily News
  12. Is The Genome The Secular Equivalent Of The Soul?, Science
  13. Scale Dependence In Plant Biodiversity, Science
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Complexity Digest 2001.05 Next Issue TOP

  1. World Economic Forum, Videos
    1. The Shape Of The 21st Century Corporation, WEF
    2. Technology Update: What to Look for on the High-Tech Frontie, r, WEF
    3. Davos Devotees Look To Future, CNN Special
  2. Why the World Social Forum?, Brasil Independent Media Center
  3. Adaptive Electric Field Control of Epileptic Seizures, J. Neurosci.
    1. Mind Fields Stop Seizures, Nature Science Update
    2. Drug Resistant Epilepsy Is Successfully Treated With Biofeedback, Inst. Med Psych, Univ. Tuebingen
  4. Control of Synapse Number by Glia, Science
    1. Glia Tell Neurons to Build Synapses, Science
    2. More than a Supporting Role, Science
  5. It's Official: Humans Are Behind Most of Global Warming, Science
    1. Assessment Ups The Ante On Climate Change, Nature
  6. Earth's Breathing Lessons, Science
  7. When Do Telomeres Matter?, Science
    1. Lack of Replicative Senescence in Normal Rodent Glia, Science
    2. Lack of Replicative Senescence in Cultured Rat Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells, Science
  8. Role For Sperm In Spatial Patterning Of The Early Mouse Embryo, Nature
  9. Simple Models Of The Protein Folding Problem, Physica A
    1. Protein Folding In Contact Map Space, Physica A
  10. Statistical Mechanics Of Asset Markets With Private Information, arXiv
  11. Application Of Stochastic Regression Equations To Financial Speculation, arXiv
  12. Efficient Behavior of Small-World Networks, arXiv
  13. Predictability, Complexity And Learning, arXiv
  14. Autonomous Mental Development By Robots And Animals, Science
    1. Time For Real Intelligence?, BBC
  15. Rats Dream a Little Dream, Too, Dailynews.Yahoo
  16. Observation Of Coherent Optical Information Storage In An Atomic Medium Using Halted Light Pulses, Nature
    1. Researchers Now Able To Stop, Restart Light, Harvard University Gazette
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Complexity Digest 2001.04 Next Issue TOP

  1. Right Side Of Brain May Be Key To Recognizing Yourself, Beth Israel Deac. Med. Cntr/Science Daily
    1. 'I' Is To The Right, NSU
    2. Self-Recognition And The Right Hemisphere, Nature
  2. Web Sites Begin to Self Organize, NYTimes
  3. A Model For The Emergence Of Cooperation, PNAS
  4. Scientists Bring Light to Full Stop, NYTimes
    1. Researchers Trap Light, Quantum Internet In Sight, Boston Herald
  5. The Capacity Of Wireless Communications, Nature
    1. Exploiting The Reflection Of Radio Waves, New Scientist
    2. Information Goes Round The Bend, Nature
  6. How Rain Pulses Drive Biome Growth, Science
    1. Variation Among Biomes in Temporal Dynamics of Aboveground Primary Production, Science
  7. Farming without a plow?, New Scientist
  8. Entanglement in a Quantum-Dot Molecule
  9. Coarse-Graining And Self-Similarity Of Price Fluctuations, arXiv
  10. The Leverage Effect In Financial Markets: Retarded Volatility And Market Panic, arXiv
  11. Dynamics Of Directed Graphs: The World-Wide Web, arXiv
  12. New Solution To Traveling Salesman Problem, WUSTL/Science Daily
  13. Predictability: A Way To Characterize Complexity, arXiv
  14. Quality of Informed Consent, J. Natl. Cancer Inst.
  15. A Default Mode Of Brain Function, PNAS
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Complexity Digest 2001.03 Next Issue TOP

  1. Complex Systems in Crisis Management, EIIP Virtual Library
    1. Adaptive Management And UK's National Airquality, Environ Manage
  2. Genetic Algorithm For Scheduling Of Laboratory Personnel, Clin. Chem.
  3. Collective And Single-Asset Dynamics In Financial Markets, arXiv
  4. Why Do Evolutionary Systems Stick To The Edge Of Chaos, arXiv
  5. Enabling The Chemistry Of Life, Nature
  6. Avian Bird Evolution
    1. Fossil That Fills A Critical Gap In Avian Evolution, Nature
    2. New Fossil Fills Gap In Bird Evolution, Science
    3. Exquisite Chinese Fossils Add New Pages to Book of Life, Science
  7. Human Evolution
    1. Modern Human Ancestry At The Peripheries, Science
    2. Oldest Human DNA Reveals Aussie Oddity, Science
    3. Skull Study Targets Africa-Only Origins, Science
  8. Social Evolution
    1. The Evolution Of Reciprocal Preferences, SFI WP
    2. Co-Evolution Of Individual Behaviors And Social Institutions, SFI WP
  9. Animal Navigation
    1. Natal Homing In A Marine Fish Metapopulation, Science
    2. Migration Along Orthodromic Sun Compass Routes by Arctic Birds, Science
    3. Bird Navigation--Computing Orthodromes, Science
  10. Seeking Categories In The Brain, Science
    1. Categorical Representation of Visual Stimuli in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex, Science
  11. Circadian Rhythms: Mutant Gene Speeds Up the Human Clock, Science Site Mutation in Familial Advanced Sleep-Phase Syndrome, Science
  12. Complexity Of Plant Cell Walls
    1. How the Cell Wall Acquired a Cellular Context, Plant Physiol.
    2. Wall Structure And Wall Loosening, Plant Physiol.
  13. Superconducting DNA, Science
  14. Abrupt Climate Event In Coupled Ocean--Atmosphere Simulation, Nature
  15. Marine Ecology: Worms Start The Reef-Building Process, Nature
    1. Coral Reefs Worm Their Way Up, Nature
  16. Links & Snippets
    1. Science Is All About Networking, Nature/PNAS
    2. A Manager's Fight to Keep a Winning Streak Alive, NYTimes
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Complexity Digest 2001.02 Next Issue TOP

  1. Editor's Note
  2. Evolution Of Universal Grammar, Science
  3. Origins Of Complex Lexicons: Zipf's Law Revisited, SFI Workig Papers
  4. The Music Of Nature And The Nature Of Music, Science
  5. Music of the Hemispheres, Science
  6. Computational Approaches To Brain Function: Learning And Selective Attention, Nature
  7. A Worrisome Side Effect Of An Antianxiety Remedy, Science
  8. Combination Of Two Pesticides Linked To Parkinson's Disease, U. Rochester/Science Daily
  9. Immunology: It Takes More Than Two To Tango, Nature
  10. Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Over The Last Glacial Termination, Science
  11. The Social Life Of Routers, The Internet Protocol Journal
  12. Lessons From The Past: Biotic Recoveries From Mass Extinctions, SFI Workig Papers
  13. A Statistical Analysis Of Log-Periodic Precursors To Financial Crashes, arXiv
  14. Correlation Effects In A Simple Small-World Network, arXiv
  15. The Melting-Pot That Is Alife, Nature Book Report
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Complexity Digest 2001.01 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Ascent Of Man: Arthur C. Clarke On The Next 1,000 Years, Guardian
  2. Complexity's Business Model; The New Uncertainty Principle, Scientific American
  3. First Cells, Then Species, Now The Web, NYTimes/Zdnet/Darwin Mag.
  4. Managing The Complexity Of Best Practice Health Care, J Nurs Care Qual
  5. California's Power Failure, BusinessWeek Online/NYTimes/CNN
  6. Carbon Sequestration: Seeing The Forest For Its Trees, Science Daily
  7. Experts: A Healthy Brain Doesn't Need Too Much Stress, CNN
  8. Delay And Increase Survival From Lou Gehrig's Disease, Science Daily
  9. Immune Proteins Play Role In Brain Development And Remodeling, Science Daily
  10. Cholinergic Enhancement And Increased Selectivity Of Perceptual Processing During Working Memory, Science
  11. Imaginal, Semantic, And Surface-Level Processing Of Concrete And Abstract Words
  12. Genes Reveal New Clues About The First Flower, Science Daily
  13. The Manifold Ways of Perception, Science
  14. Peering Into 2001, Science Now