The Marvelous Physics of Swarming Midges – ISC research covered by The New York Times

On October 1st The New York times covers our research on swarms. The article begins like this:

On early autumn afternoons across the temperate world, the midges are now gathering to swarm: clouds of tiny flies, wings lit by the sun like so many sparks, swirling in patterns too quick and complicated for the eye to follow but leaving a mental afterimage of order. Not a perfect order, but something more than chaos.

Read the full story  on The New York Times.