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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Swarm Intelligence Market Forecast Signals Growing Commercial Interest
A recent market analysis projects rapid growth in swarm-intelligence technologies over the coming decade, driven by decentralized coordination requirements across IoT, autonomous systems, and distributed decision-making applications.
07-Jun-2026
Read moreSQUID-COMM proposes colossal-squid-inspired distributed communications framework
SQUID-COMM introduces a communications architecture inspired by signalling, coordination, and self-organization mechanisms observed in colossal squid. The framework includes adaptive signalling, decentralized routing, synchronization, and congestion-management concepts.
06-Jun-2026
Read moreFire-ant collective ripples linked to neighbour alignment dynamics
Researchers studying fire-ant collectives found evidence that large-scale ripples and movement waves emerge from simple local alignment between neighbouring ants. No central coordination is required for the collective patterns to appear.
31-May-2026
Read moreLantern Pharma unveils ZetaSwarm multi-agentic co-scientist platform
Lantern Pharma announced ZetaSwarm, a commercially available multi-agent scientific reasoning platform designed to run many specialised AI agents in parallel. The system is intended to support drug discovery and biomedical research workflows.
31-May-2026
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It looks like a sea urchin, but this strange 20-legged machine is rewriting what robots can do
Duke University researchers have demonstrated Argus, a 20-legged robot whose sea-urchin-like body gives it near-uniform motion and perception in every direction.
29-May-2026
Read moreBiobased magnetic sensors printed from iron and cellulose rival some commercial devices
Researchers have developed printed magnetic sensors made from naturally sourced and lower-toxicity materials including iron, iron oxide, cellulose, and starch.
29-May-2026
Read moreAI listens to insect body signals to guide cyborg cockroaches
Researchers at the University of Osaka and collaborators have developed a cyborg insect system that reads heartbeat activity, neural signal features, and body movement from cockroaches.
29-May-2026
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Can this plant actually see?
This is biomimicry by a plant, and it just shows that nothing humans create will come close to the rich and bizarre natural world.
23-May-2026
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