## 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,…

## 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…