Category Archives: emergence

Alternative to Phosphorus based life found or synthesized? Big deal!

Posted on December 3, 2010 by rndsync

Arsenic’s atomic number is 33 and Phosphorus’ is 15. They share the same column in periodic table which means their chemical composition is similar. NASA found that bacteria which is very adaptable when deprived of Phosphorus in an Arsenic rich … Continue reading →

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Mendelbrot – my hero – dies at the age of 85

Posted on October 16, 2010 by rndsync

He should have won more recognition for his contribution to complexity, fluid dynamics, the power law and it’s application in finance and last but not least computer graphics. All of these came about the phenomenon that were being followed by a … Continue reading →

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Sync emerges in muscle fibers – self organization in lab

Posted on September 5, 2010 by rndsync

Studying self-organizing biological system has been a problem since it’s hard to organize birds flocking, people at the traffic signals, fireflies to flash together etc. Also computer programs can be made to sync or demonstrate emergence but they are not … Continue reading →

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