Biologicalisation as the convergence of biology, engineering and information technology
offers the prospect of dramatic step change scenarios for future innovative development. A …

Nature is a neverending source of inspiration for technology. Quantum physics suggests
applications toward quantum computing. Swarms' self-organization leads to robotic swarm …

Bacterial swarms display intriguing dynamical states like active turbulence. Now, using a
hydrodynamic model, we show that such dense active suspensions manifest superdiffusion …

Highlights•The individual behavior is affected by the social environment.•Social effects are
reflected in the neuronal substrates of behavior.•Social cues are integrated already in …

Collectively moving groups of animals rely on the decision-making of locally interacting
individuals in order to maintain swarm cohesion. However, the complex and noisy visual …

Naturally occurring collective motion is a fascinating phenomenon in which swarming
individuals aggregate and coordinate their motion. Many theoretical models of swarming …

Visual interactions play an instrumental role in collective-motion-related decision-making.
However, our understanding of the various tentative mechanisms that can serve the visual …

A city's economic growth and the inhabitants' wellbeing are highly affected by its topology
and connecting networks, which, in turn, influence movement and flows in the city. Flow …

Swarming locusts present a quintessential example of animal collective motion. Juvenile
locusts march and hop across the ground in coordinated groups called hopper bands …

We study the collective motion of autonomous mobile agents in a ringlike environment. The
agents' dynamics are inspired by known laboratory experiments on the dynamics of locust …