Synchronising the Swarm

Models from theoretical physics, which are normally used to plot the motion of particles, are beginning to shed light upon the mass migration of living organisms as well. These include swarms of locusts, which begin to migrate as wingless juveniles or nymphs and often devastate crops in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

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