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Synchrony of applause spans art, biology and history
A Budapest concert scene sparks a study of synchronized clapping as a universal phenomenon. Researchers map how crowds, fireflies, clocks, and heart cells align rhythms, governed by mutual interaction and phase transitions, with social echoes from Hungary, Romania, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Music
Dezso Ranki
Ranki
Tamas Vicsek
Kotyos University
Wayne Gretzky
Rangers
Madison Square Garden
Caecilia Bartoli
Vicenza
Italy
Vicsek
United States
Romania
Steven Strogatz
Cornell University
Strogatz
Earth
Christiaan Huygens
Albert- Laszlo Barabasi
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
Zoltan Neds
Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca
Neda
Barahasi
Wiesek
Barabasi
Hungary