Signal propagation in complex networks drives epidemics, is responsible for information
going viral, promotes trust and facilitates moral behavior in social groups, enables the …

Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Infectious diseases and human behavior are intertwined. On one side, our movements and
interactions are the engines of transmission. On the other, the unfolding of viruses might …

Sudden, large-scale and diffuse human migration can amplify localized outbreaks of
disease into widespread epidemics 1, 2, 3, 4. Rapid and accurate tracking of aggregate …

The number of network science applications across many different fields has been rapidly
increasing. Surprisingly, the development of theory and domain-specific applications often …

Motivated by the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in mainland China,
we use a global metapopulation disease transmission model to project the impact of travel …

For the first time in history, on March 17, 2020, the European Union closed all its external
borders in an attempt to contain the spreading of the coronavirus 2019, COVID-19 …

Italy has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting the highest death toll
in Europe as of April 2020. Following the identification of the first infections, on February 21 …

The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a global threat
affecting almost all countries in the world. As countries reach the infection peak, it is planned …

Background The COVID-19 crisis has meant a significant change in the lifestyle of millions of
people worldwide. With a lockdown that lasted almost three months and an impulse to new …