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The CBeRa – Strategic Integration of Complex Networks and Systems for Advancing Biomedical Research – project is redefining how we study health and disease, applying complex systems science to ...

A mystery novel, a history book, and a fantasy epic may have little in common in plot or style. But count the words inside them and a strange regularity appears: many new words show up early, then ...

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A new AI developed at Duke University can uncover simple, readable rules behind extremely complex systems. It studies how systems evolve over time and reduces thousands of variables into compact ...

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