Quorum Sensing
Part 4: The dangling conversation In the previous article, we saw bacterial populations defend themselves collectively. Cyanobacteria formed protective flocs, while dying E.
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Part 1: From Little Things Big Things Grow
This is a part one of a four part series of emergent microbial communication.
19-Jul-2026
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Algorithms on Display
(See the original demos announcement at the link). We have added more algorithms to the website to try out and tweak.
View seriesArtificial vs Natural Intelligence
Over this 7-part series, we’ve explored how natural systems — ants, bees, birds, and brains — solve problems through emergence, not instruction.
View seriesAgentic Swarms - Lessons from Nature for Enterprise AI
A great article to capture the principles we use at adaptive-emergent. Lessons forgotten in the cloud.
08-Jun-2026
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“Like liquid metal Scientists create strange shape-shifting material"
Researchers demonstrated a material made from simple interlocking elements that can transition between rigid and fluid-like states depending on applied forces. The behavior emerges from collective interactions rather than centralized control, echoing principles seen in granular biological systems and swarm matter.
26-Apr-2026
Read moreSperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
Not only do sperm whale have a form of “alphabet” and form vowels within their vocalizations but the structure of these vowels behaves in the same way as human speech, the new study has found.
18-Apr-2026
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German startup develops cyborg insect swarms for NATO forces
A German startup has moved biohybrid swarm systems from concept to field-tested deployment, using living insects equipped with neural interfaces, sensors, and secure communications to operate as coordinated reconnaissance swarms.
14-Apr-2026
Read morePalladyne AI Secures U.S. Patent for Advanced Swarming and Autonomy Technology
A newly granted U.S. patent describes a system where heterogeneous robots and sensors coordinate using minimal, high-value data exchange, forming a distributed “collective intelligence” network.
07-Apr-2026
Read moreBioengineering plants glow light cities
Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night
05-Apr-2026
Read moreNATO receives its first swarms of bioelectronic reconnaissance insects
[Unverified] Reports indicate that SWARM Biotactics has conducted trials and begun supplying bioelectronic insect swarms for reconnaissance, combining living organisms with sensors and coordinated control systems.
05-Apr-2026
Read moreSwarm robots that “bloom” could enable adaptive building skins
Researchers built modular “SGbots” that communicate locally and collectively adjust their shape—blooming or retracting—to regulate sunlight in real-world window tests.
04-Apr-2026
Read moreSmartest robots may be the “dumbest” ones
Georgia Tech researchers developed swarms of simple robotic particles that coordinate and self-organize without electronics, software, or sensing, relying entirely on physical design and local interactions.
04-Apr-2026
Read moreMechanical swarm systems point toward computation-free coordination
By encoding interaction rules directly into physical structure, researchers showed that coordinated group behavior can emerge without digital control, sensors, or centralized systems.
04-Apr-2026
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