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Nature 391, 743-744 (19 February 1998) | doi:10.1038/35745

Chemical dynamics Noisy waves

Frank Moss1

Random fluctuation, or noise, is familiar from communication, where a single parameter such as voltage varies with time. Usually it is a nuisance, but sometimes, because of the peculiar phenomenon known as stochastic resonance, it is a boon.

  1. Frank Moss is at the Center for Neurodynamics, University of Missouri at St Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63121, USA.
    e-mail: Email: mossf@umslvma.umsl.edu