Physics
Physics has long studied how order emerges from disorder: crystals from liquids, galaxies from dust, life from chemistry. Ant colonies offer a living laboratory for self-organization research. We study phase transitions in collective behavior, information thermodynamics of pheromone trails, and how dissipative structures maintain themselves far from equilibrium. The colony as a physical system reveals universal principles.
Projects in Physics
3 active projects applying stigmergic intelligence
How order emerges from simple interaction rules without central control
Critical thresholds where individual behavior shifts to collective patterns
Measuring the information content and efficiency of stigmergic communication
Key Applications
How stigmergic AI transforms physics
Self-organization
Statistical mechanics
Information thermodynamics
Phase transitions
Dissipative structures
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