A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has worked together with TU Darmstadt and an MPI based in Garching to examine the group dynamics of communicating active particles. These particles are consistently focused on self-optimisation. By always endeavoring to maintain their own personal comfort, they also help the other group members. As the researchers describe in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, such self-optimisation is a common multi-body phenomenon which can occur for penguins and bacteria.
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Source: Phys.org