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Nature 439, 27-28 (5 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439027a; Published online 4 January 2006
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Biological physics: Harmonies from noise
Michael Springer1 & Johan Paulsson2
Abstract
Do random environments make for random responses to them? Mathematical models suggest that this is not always the case — adding noise could create synchronous oscillations in cell–cell signalling systems.
Noise in communication devices is a familiar nuisance. In most Hollywood war films, radio static seems to botch up any attempt at coordinated action, to the frustration of the troops in the trenches.
- Michael Springer and Johan Paulsson are in the Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, USA.
- Johan Paulsson is also in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK.
Email: johan_paulsson@hms.harvard.edu
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