Determining the fastest route between two points is a central problem in many application areas: from satellite navigation to network management, from logistics to video games, up to the online maps that we usually consult. At the basis of these applications lie mathematical modelscalled graphsAnd algorithms capable of identifying the …
San Andreas Fault in California at maximum stress in the last 1000 years: the study on the “Big One”
San Andreas Fault. Credit: USGS Along the systems of San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in the Southern California the rocks are currently subjected to a level of stress, due to the movements of the tectonic plates, which has reached i maximum values of the last 1000 years. This was …
How do sea turtles find the beach where they were born after 20-30 years: magnetic “GPS”
It is mid-June and on some of the warmest beaches of the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico and the tropical coasts of the whole world the same ritual is repeated every year: the adult female sea turtles they emerge from the ocean at night, drag themselves across the sand with …
