Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center (SCNARC) at Rensselaer, used computational and analytical methods to discover the tipping point where a minority belief becomes the majority opinion. The finding has implications for the study and influence of societal interactions ranging from the spread of innovations to the movement of political ideals.
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Rensselaer Set To Host Fourth Annual ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp for Middle School Students
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Rensselaer Ph.D. Candidate Philip W. Robinson Awarded Fulbright Grant
Student To Conduct Research in Architectural Acoustics at Aalto University of Science and Technology in Helsinki, Finland
Rensselaer Professors Breneman, Crivello, and Moore Named ACS Fellows
Three Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professors of chemistry and chemical biology have been named 2011 fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Rensselaer Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Receives Significant IT Support From NetApp
New Storage Infrastructure From NetApp and IBM Will Provide EMPAC With the IT Flexibility Required To Address Media Applications at the Intersection of Media, Arts, and Science
Xi-Cheng Zhang of Rensselaer Receives Distinguished IEEE Award for Influential Terahertz Research
Xi-Cheng Zhang, the J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Science and director of the Center for Terahertz Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has received the William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award from the IEEE Photonic Society. The award honors Zhang for his exceptional contributions in the past 10 years to the field of lasers and electro-optics.