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Tag Archives: Swarm behaviour

27Jan/18

France Nutella sales triggers shopping frenzy

January 27, 2018Food and DrinkBlack Friday, Business/Finance, Calendars, Distribution business), Economy, Food and drink, Foods, France, Hazelnut, Intermarché, Italian cuisine, Nutella, Supermarket, Swarm behaviour, TRELISSACsmbale

70 percent discount on Nutella sparks chaos in French supermarkets as customers swarm around stand and staff try to restore order Continue reading →

10Feb/16

Locust swarms

Maths link to future locust dispersal

February 10, 2016Science2019–20 locust infestation, Animal migration, Arthropods, BATH, Behavior, Bo, CHRISTIAN YATES, Company: ThomsonReuters, Country: Madagascar, Creatures, Drury convention, Ethology, Hexapoda, Insects, Insects as food, Insects in culture, Jim Drury, Locust, Madagascar, Mathematician, Pest, Swarm behaviour, United Kingdom, Zoologysmbale

Mathematicians say that by using their newly developed model of locust behaviour, it could be possible to create better dispersal methods to prevent the creatures causing devastation. Jim Drury reports.
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13Jan/16

locusts—those of Passover and 10 Plagues fame

Researchers take power of locust to new heights

January 13, 2016InnovationAmir Ayali, Animal migration, Articles, Bio-inspired robotics, Branches of biology, Gabor Kosa, Hungary, Israel, Robot, Robotics, Social groups, Swarm behaviour, Tel Avivsmbale

Israeli researchers develop locust-like robots that they hope could one day replace humans in military or search-and-rescue operations.

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