How the popular become even more popular
Some webpages are enormously popular, and many thousands of other webpages link to them. Yet, most webpages have only few,…
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How uncertainty can make traffic run smoother
Making decisions that affect traffic can have an enormous impact on our daily lives, the environment and our economy. We…
From the ateliers of great masters to the labs of the Rijksmuseum
Imagine that you are a young artist living in the 19th century. You study a lot and buy cheap paints…
Google PageRank: how search engines `bring order to the Web'
A crucial innovation of Google was a mathematically quite simple but powerful algorithm called PageRank.
Traffic lights no longer needed: back to the future
Traffic lights are currently an annoying but inevitable part of traffic. With the introduction of self-driving cars however, can we…
Zooming in a chemical reaction!
Chemical reactions evolve in the same way as water flows through a network of rivers. Is it so simple actually?
Quantum synchronization in complex networks
Quantum and Classical SynchronizationSynchronization is a phenomenon which has been investigated since a few decades. The phenomenon describes the locking…
"Look it up on the Internet!" - How Web Search Works
Whatever we want to know - from scientific discovery to home renovation - the answer is usually the same: `Look…
From Atoms to Reaction Networks
Have you ever thought about a relation between chemistry and networks? Already from school courses we get the feeling that there…
Traffic congestion: Optimal tolling schemes
Congested road networks are a big problem in many countries. Building more roads is not always the best solution to…