From flashing fireflies to cheering crowds — Physicists unlock secret to synchronization

Physicists have unlocked the secret that explains how large groups of individual ‘oscillators’ — from flashing fireflies to cheering crowds, and from ticking clocks to clicking metronomes — tend to synchronize when in each other’s company. This new discovery has a suite of potential applications, including developing new types of computer technology that uses light signals to process information.
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