2 papers
q-bio.OT2026
Toward a general theory for the universality and scaling in critical thermal responses in biology
Jose Ignacio Arroyo, Pablo A. Marquet, Christopher P. Kempes +1
We developed a theory showing that under appropriate normalizations and rescalings, temperature response curves show a remarkably regular behavior and follow a general, universal l…
physics.soc-ph2025
A generative model of function growth explains hidden self-similarities across biological and social systems
James Holehouse, S. Redner, Vicky Chuqiao Yang +5
From genomes and ecosystems to bureaucracies and cities, the growth of complex systems occurs by adding new types of functions and expanding existing ones. We present a simple gene…