Sentences with phrase «social organisms such»

Social organisms such as ants can collectively mitigate the adverse effects of the environment

A «society» may even, though more by means of metaphor, refer to a social organism such as an ant colony or any cooperative aggregate such as, for example, in some formulations of artificial intelligence.

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This Christendom was such a living, complex unity that it could be likened to an organism, in the way any healthy homogeneous society can be called a social organism.

In addition to the full schedule of sessions on farm production, marketing, business, and finance, conference - goers will have multiple opportunities to learn from nationally - known leaders on topics encompassing current political, ethical, and social issues, such as fixing school food, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), and the fast - growing CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) movement.

Currently, I work on three directions: (1) cell motility and the cytoskeleton, (2) modeling of physiology and diseases (such as autoimmune diabetes), and (3) swarming and aggregation behaviour in social organisms.

Examples of such areas include understanding relationships between intended genetic changes and an organism's observable traits, the unintended effects of genetic changes on target and non-target organisms, predicting and monitoring ecosystem responses, and quantifying the economic and social costs and benefits of biotechnologies.

«But before gene - drive modified organisms are put into the environment, our committee urges caution — a lot more research is needed to understand the scientific, ethical, regulatory, and social consequences of releasing such organisms.»

Previous reports have shown that some organisms, such as the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, preferentially adhere to clonemates and promote aggregation of genotypes during collective movement [81].

Our new tools overcome the limitations of classical approximations for the scientific study of complex systems, such as social organizations, biological organisms and ecological communities.

Yet the history of major new scientific research programs (such as genetic modification of organisms, nanotechnology and stem cell research) tells us that the political and social risks of new technological paradigms are often more important than any potential physical harms (13).