SUZUKI Norikazu
Department of Liberal Arts and Science | Professor |
Researcher Information
Research Keyword
Field Of Study
- Natural sciences, Solid earth science, Solid Earth Planet Physics
- Natural sciences, Semiconductors, optical and atomic physics, Atomic/Molecular/Quantum Electronics, Plasma
- Natural sciences, Theoretical studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics, Elementary Particle/Atomic Nucleus/Cosmic Ray/Space Physics
- Natural sciences, Astronomy
- Natural sciences, Mathematical physics and basic theory, Mathematical Physics/Fundamental Theory of Physical Properties
Career
- Apr. 2011 - Present
日本大学理工学部教授 - Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2011
日本大学理工学部准教授 - Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2007
日本大学理工学部助教授 - Apr. 1998 - Mar. 2004
日本大学理工学部専任講師 - Apr. 1992 - Mar. 1998
日本大学理工学部助手 - Apr. 1991 - Sep. 1991
Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany 留学(Max-Planck 協会 奨学生)Host Professor : H.A.Weidenmueller - Apr. 1990 - Mar. 1991
Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany 留学(日本大学大学院海外派遣奨学生) Host Professor : J. Huefner
Educational Background
Research activity information
Award
Paper
- Brain activity vs. seismicity: Scaling and memory
AIP Conference Proceedings (the American Institute of Physics Publishing), Sep. 2023, Refereed
Corresponding - Aftershocks and Fluctuating Diffusivity
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki; Dmitrii A. Tayurskii
Entropy, Jun. 2023, Refereed
Corresponding - Scaling and memory in seismological phenomena
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
Acta Geophysica, Jun. 2023, Refereed
Corresponding - Subdiffusion of volcanic earthquakes
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
ACTA GEOPHYSICA, Jun. 2017, Refereed, Not invited - Anomalous diffusion of volcanic earthquakes
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
EPL, Jun. 2015, Refereed, Not invited - Universal clustering structure and C ≈ 0.85 scaling in complex earthquake networks
Physica A, Nov. 2014, Refereed, Not invited - Complex network of earthquakes: Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity
IEEE Conference Publications, The 8th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems, Nov. 2012, Refereed, Not invited
Lead - Dynamical evolution of the community structure of complex earthquake network
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
EPL, Aug. 2012, Refereed, Not invited - Aftershocks in Modern Perspectives: Complex Earthquake Network, Aging, and Non-Markovianity
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
Acta Geophysica, Jun. 2012, Refereed, Not invited - Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity and its implication to earthquake network
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
EPL, Feb. 2012, Refereed, Not invited - Universalities of earthquake-network characteristics
Sumiyoshi Abe; Denisse Pasten; Victor Munoz; Norikazu Suzuki
Chinese Science Bulletin, Dec. 2011, Refereed, Not invited - Finite Data-Size Scaling of Clustering in Earthquake Networks
Phyisca A, Dec. 2010, Refereed, Not invited - Main shocks and evolution of complex earthquake networks
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
Brazilian Journal of Physics, Aug. 2009, Refereed, Not invited - Determination of the scale of coarse graining in earthquake networks
S. Abe; N. Suzuki
Europhysics Letters, Aug. 2009, Refereed, Not invited - Earthquake Networks, Complex
Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, ,(the section on earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes) ,Editor-in-chief: Meyers, Robert A ,,2009, Springer,Approx. 10995 p. 4540 illus., 2040 in color. In 11 volumes, not available separately., Hardcover,ISBN: 978-0-387-75888-6, May 2009, Refereed, Not invited - Scaling relation for earthquake networks
Physica A, Feb. 2009, Refereed, Not invited - Violation of the Scaling Relation and Non-Markovian Nature of Earthquake Aftershocks
Physica A, Feb. 2009, Refereed, Not invited - The concepts of complex network advance understanding of earthquake science
Proceeding of European Seismological Commission ESC 2008, 31st General Assembly, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 7-12 September 2008., pp.1-8 (2008), Sep. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Dynamical evolution of clustering in complex network of earthquakes
The European Physical Journal B, Oct. 2007, Refereed, Not invited - Event-Event Correlation in Seismicity and Aging of Aftershocks
Norikazu Suzuki/Sumiyoshi Abe
AAPPS Bulletin, Apr. 2007, Refereed, Not invited - Complex earthquake networks: Hierarchical organization and assortative mixing
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
Physical Review E, Aug. 2006, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Complex earthquake networks: Hierarchical organization and assortative mixing
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
Physical Review E, Aug. 2006, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Complex network of seismicity
S Abe
Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, Jun. 2006, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Complex-network description of seismicity
S. Abe; N. Suzuki
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, May 2006, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Aging of Event -event Correlation of Earthquake Aftershock
S Abe; N Suzuki
Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity (Science and Culture Series --Physics), edited by C.Beck, G.Benedek, A.Rapisarda and C.Tsallis, World Scientific, Sep. 2005, Refereed, Not invited - Scale free statistics of time interval between successive earthquakes
Norikazu Suzuki/Sumiyoshi Abe
Physica A, May 2005, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Scale invariant statistice of period in directed earthquake network
Norikazu Suzuki/Sumiyoshi Abe
The European Physical Journal B, Mar. 2005, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Statistical similarities between internetquakes and earthquakes
Sumiyoshi Abe and Norikazu Suzuki
Physica D, Jun. 2004, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Small world structure of earthquake network
Sumiyoshi Abe and Norikazu Suzuki
Physica A, Jun. 2004, Refereed, Not invited - Complex network of earthquakes
Sumiyoshi Abe and Norikazu Suzuki
LNCS3038(Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Springer, Jun. 2004, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Aging and scaling of earthquake aftershocks
Sumiyoshi Abe and Norikazu Suzuki
Physica A, Feb. 2004, Refereed, Not invited - Scale-free network of earthquakes
Sumiyoshi Abe and Norikazu Suzuki
Europhysics Letters, Feb. 2004, Refereed, Not invited - Gutenberg-Richter law for internetquakes
S Abe; N Suzuki
Physica A, Mar. 2003, Refereed, Not invited - Omori's law in the Internat traffic
S Abe; N Suzuki
Europhysics Letters, Mar. 2003, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Law for the distance between successive earthquakes
S Abe; N Suzuki
Journal of Geophysical Research, Feb. 2003, Refereed, Not invited - Itineration of the Internet over Nonequilibrium Stationary Satetes in Tsallis Statistics
Sumiyoshi Abe; Norikazu Suzuki
Physical Review E, Jan. 2003, Refereed, Not invited - Derivation from the Thermal Equilibrium of the Accelerated Detector due to the Firld Theoretical Divergence
N Suzuki
Internationl Journal of Modern Physics A, Mar. 2002, Refereed, Not invited
Lead - Unruh-DeWitt Detector Nonlinearly Coupled to a Scalar Field: A Thermality Violation due to the Loop Divergence
Proceedings of Fifth International Wigner Symposium, August 25-29,1997, Technische Universitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria. , edited by P. Kasperkovitz and D. Grau(World Scientific), Mar. 1998, Refereed, Not invited
Lead - Accelerated Detector Nonlinearly Coupled to a Scalar Field
N Suzuki
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Nov. 1997, Refereed, Not invited
Lead - Uniformly Accelerated Detector Nonlinearly Coupled to Scalar Field
N Suzuki
Group 21, Physical Applications and Mathematical Aspects of Geometry, Groups and Algebras, Proceedings of XXI International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, eds. , H. D. Doebner, W. Scherer and C. Schulte(World Scientific, Sep. 1997, Refereed, Not invited
Lead - Wigner Distribution Function on a Graded Phase space and its Application to Optical Systems
Classical and Quantum Systems-Foundations and Symmetries, Proceedings of Ⅱ. International Wigner Symposium, Goslar, Germany, edited by D.D.Doebner, W.Scherer and F.Schroeck (World Scientific), Apr. 1993, Refereed, Not invited - Entropic Uncertainty Relation at Finite Temperature
NASA Conference Publication, Feb. 1992, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - Wigner Distribution Function of a Simple Optical System : An Extended - Phase-Space Approach
S ABE; N SUZUKI
Physical Review, Jan. 1992, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding - 測定に付随する情報量の熱撹乱による損失
阿部 純義; 鈴木 徳一
素粒子論研究, Apr. 1991, Refereed, Not invited - 測定に付随する情報量の熱撹乱による損失
阿部 純義; 鈴木 徳一
物性研究, Jan. 1991, Refereed, Not invited - Thermal Information - Entropic Uncertainty Relation
S ABE; N SUZUKI
Physical Review, May 1990, Refereed, Not invited - A Model for Polarizations of Λ゜in Inclusive Proton-Proton Collisions at High Energy
T FUJITA; N SUZUKI
Nuclear Physics A, Oct. 1989, Refereed, Not invited - Wigner Distribution Function and Coherent State of a Fermion
S ABE; N SUZUKI
Europhysics Letters, May 1989, Refereed, Not invited
MISC
Books and other publications
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- Brain activity vs. seismicity: Scaling and memory
Norikazu Suzuki
11th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences,September 5-8, 2022, Sep. 2022 - The concepts of complex network advance understanding of earthquake science II
Norikazu Suzuki
37th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, ESC2021, 19-24 September 2021, Sep. 2021, The European Seismological Commission - Non-Markovianity and subdiffusion of volcanic seismicity
Norikazu Suzuki
XXXIX Dynamics Days Europe 2019, 2-6 September, University of Rostock, Germany, Sep. 2019, Dynamics Days Europe, Invited - Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity and its implication to earthquake network
Norikazu Suzuki
Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, 7-11 May 2019, Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2019, the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division (SNPD) of EPS (the European Physical Society), Not invited - Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity and its implication to complex network of earthquakes
Norikazu Suzuki
IAMG2018 19th Annual Conference 2-8 September, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Sep. 2018, The International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, Not invited - Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity and its implication to complex network of earthquakes
Berlin18, 2018 Joint Conference of the EPS and DPG Condensed Matter Divisions, March 11-16, 2018, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Mar. 2018, Not invited - Dynamical evolution of the community structure of complex network inherent in seismic time series
ITISE 2017 (International work-conference on Time Series), September, 18-20, 2017, Granada, Spain, Sep. 2017, Not invited - Complex-network description of seismic time series
ITISE 2016 (International work-conference on Time Series), June, 27-29, 2016, Granada, Spain, Jun. 2016, Not invited - Dynamical-Systems Viewpoint of Seismicity and Its Implication to Complex Earthquake Networks
Invited Talk at International Workshop on Nonlinearity, Nonequilibrium and Complexity: Questions and Perspectives in Statistical Physics., Nov. 29-Dec.4, 2015, Mexico City, Mexico, Dec. 2015, Invited - Complex Network Description and Universal Waiting Internal Time Statistics of Seismicity
Invited Lecture at School/Workshop on Fluctuations, Slow Dynamics and Internal Time in Complex Critical Systems, March 23-26, 2015, Kurashiki, Japan, Mar. 2015, Invited - Lyapunov exponents of seismic time series
Invited Talk at School/Workshop on Fluctuations, Slow Dynamics and Internal Time in Complex Critical Systems, March 23-26, 2015, Kurashiki, Japan, Mar. 2015, Invited - The concepts of complex network advance understanding of earthquake science
GeoMod2014, 31 August-5 September, 2014, GFZ Potsdam, Germany, Sep. 2014, Not invited - Dynamical evolution of the community structure in complex network of earthquakes
XXXIV Dynamics Days Europe, 8-12 September 2014, University of Bayreuth, Germany, Sep. 2014, Not invited - Determination of the scale of coarse graining in complex network of earthquakes
5th Workshop on Complex Networks, March 12-14, 2014, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Mar. 2014, Not invited - Complex network approach for earthquake science
15th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, 2-6 September 2013, Madrid, Spain, Sep. 2013, Not invited - Complex earthquake networks: Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity
4th Workshop on Complex Networks, Berlin, Germany, March 13-15, 2013, Mar. 2013, Institut für Informatik, Freie Universitat Berlin, Not invited - Complex network of earthquakes: Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity
The 8th International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET BASED SYSTEMS, (SITIS 2012), Sorrento - Naples, Italy, 25-29 November 2012, Nov. 2012, Not invited - Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity and its implication to complex network of earthquake
Dynamics Days Europe 2012 Gothenburg, Sweden, Sept.2-7, 2012, Sep. 2012, Not invited - Determination of the Scale of Coarse Graining in Complex Network of Earthquake
ECCS'11 Vienna, European Conference on Complex Systems 2011, Vienna, Austria, Sept.12-16, 2011, Sep. 2011, Not invited - Finite Data-Size Scaling of Clustering in Complex Network of Earthquake
Dynamics Days Europe 2011 Oldenburg, Germany, Sept.12-16, 2011, Sep. 2011, Not invited - Determination of the Scale of Coarse Graining in Complex Network of Earthquake
Dynamics Days Europe 2010 Bristol, United Kingdom Sept.6-10, 2010, Sep. 2010, Not invited - Complex network approach for earthquake science
Dynamics Days Europe 2009 Goettingen, Germany Aug.31-Sept 4, 2009, Sep. 2009, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany, Not invited - 地震の複雑ネットワークのダイナミカルな発展
第5回 ネットワーク生態学シンポジウム NetecoSymp2009 (社)情報処理学会, Mar. 2009, Not invited - Scaling relation for earthquake networks
鈴木徳一
日本物理学会 2008年秋季大会 岩手大学 9月20日〜23日, Sep. 2008, Not invited - The concepts of complex network advance understanding of earthquake science
鈴木徳一
European Seismological Commission ESC 2008, 31st General Assembly,Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 7-12 September 2008., Sep. 2008, European Seismological Commission, Not invited - Dynamical evolution of clustering in complex network of earthquakes
workshop on "Global versus Local Dynamics on Networks" (satellite conference of European Conference on Complex Systems - Dresden October 1-5), Oct. 2007, Not invited - Dynamical evolution of clustering in complex network of earthquakes
日本物理学会 第62回年次大会, Sep. 2007, Not invited - Degree correlation of complex earthquake network
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
日本物理学会2007年春季大会、鹿児島大学、3月18日〜21日, Mar. 2007, Not invited - 地震の複雑ネットワークにおける階層構造と次数相関
鈴木徳一
第3回ネットワーク生態学シンポジウム、2007年3月15,16日、 中央大学、主催:(社)情報処理学会, Mar. 2007, Not invited - Complex network description of earthquakes
Norikazu Suzuki
Extreme events in complex dynamics, International seminar and workshop- Oct. 23-Nov. 3, 2006 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, Oct. 2006, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, Not invited - 地震の複雑ネットワーク
鈴木徳一
情報処理学会 ネットワーク生態学研究会 第2回サマースクール, Aug. 2006, Not invited - Hierarchical structure of the earthquake network
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
日本物理学会第61回年次大会, Mar. 2006, Not invited - Period distribution in directed earthquake network
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
日本物理学会 2005年秋季大会, Sep. 2005, Not invited - Structural and dynamical properties in complex earthquake networks
News, Expectations and Trends in Statistical Physics, NEXT-SigmaPhi 3rd International Conference 13-18 August 2005, Kolymbari CRETE, Aug. 2005, Not invited - Scale-free statistics of time interval between successive earthquakes
鈴木徳一/ 阿部純義
日本物理学会 第60回年次大会, Mar. 2005, Not invited - Complex Network of Seismicity
CN-Kyoto: International workshop on complexity and nonextensivity- new trends in statistical mechanics (Yukawa institute for theoretical physics, Kyoto Japan), Mar. 2005, Not invited - Aging and scaling of earthquake aftershocks and natural time
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
日本物理学会2004年秋季大会、青森大学, Sep. 2004, Not invited - Seismic complexity and networks
Norikazu Suzuki
International Conference Science of Complex Networks: from Biology to the Internet and WWW, University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal) 29 August - 2 September 2004, Aug. 2004, Not invited - Some aspects of seismicity in view of science of complexity
Invited Talk at International School of Solid State Physics, 31st Course: Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity" (20-26 July, 2004, Erice-Sicily,Italy)., Jul. 2004, Not invited - Complex Network of Earthquakes
Norikazu Suzuki/Sumiyoshi Abe
ICCS2004(International conference on computational Sciences 2004)-Workshop on computational modeling of transport on networks, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland, Jun. 2004, Not invited - Small world network of earthquakes
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
日本物理学会 第59回年次大会 九州大学(統計力学・物性基礎論), Mar. 2004, Not invited - Statistical Mechanical Approach to Complexity of Earthquake
Norikazu Suzuki
Hawaii International Conference on Sciences, Hawaii, USA, January 2004, Jan. 2004, Not invited - Topology of complex earthquake network
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
日本物理学会2003年秋季大会, Sep. 2003, Not invited - Tsallis Statistics for the Distance between Successive Earthquakes
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
日本物理学会第58回年次大会, Mar. 2003, Not invited - Tsallis Statistics for the Distance between Successive Earthquakes
鈴木徳一/阿部純義
meetings on the Physical Society of Japan in 2003, 2003, Not invited - q-exponential waiting-time distributions in the Internet
Workshop on Anomalous distributions, Nonlinear Dynamics and Nonextensivity, Santa Fe, New mexico, USA., Nov. 2002, Not invited - Omori and Gutenberg-Richter laws for Internetquakes
Workshop on Anomalous distributions, Nonlinear Dynamics and Nonextensivity, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA., Nov. 2002, Not invited - Zipf-Mandelbrot distributions for time intervals of earthquakes
Workshop on Anomalous distributions, Nonlinear Dynamics and Nonextensivity, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA., Nov. 2002, Not invited - Itineration of the Internet over Nonequilibrium Stationary States in Tsallis Statistics
鈴木徳一; 阿部純義
meetings on the Physical Society of Japan in 2002, 2002, Not invited - Accelerated detector nonlineary coupled to a scalar field
Fifth Workshop on Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions, (University of Leipzig - Institute for Theoretical Physis, Lipzig, Germany), Sep. 2001, Not invited - Uniformly Accelerated Detector Nonlinearly Coupled to Scalar Field
Fifth International Wigner Symposium, Technische Universitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria, Aug. 25-29,1997, Aug. 1997, Not invited - Uniformly Accelerated Detector Nonlinearly Coupled to Scalar Field II
meetings on the Physical Society of Japan in 1996, Oct. 1996, Not invited - Uniformly Accelerated Detector Nonlinearly Coupled to Scalar Field
XXI International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Method in Physics(Germany, Goslar), Jul. 1996, Not invited - Uniformly accelerated detector nonlinearly coupled to scalar field
東京工業大学理工学研究科 セミナー, Jun. 1996, Not invited - Uniformly accelerated detector nonlinearly coupled to scalar field
千葉大学自然科学研究科素粒子論研究室 セミナー, Oct. 1995, Not invited - Uniformly Accelerated Detector Nonlinearly Coupled to Scalar Field
meetings on the Physical Society of Japan (1995), Sep. 1995, Not invited - Wigner Distribution Function of a Simple Optical System : An Exteded-Phase-Space Approach
meetings on the Physical Society of Japan in 1992, Sep. 1992, Not invited - Thermal Information-Entropic Uncertainty Relation
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Summer seminar, Jul. 1991, Not invited - Wigner distribution function on a graded phase space and its application to optical systems
2nd International Wigner symposium, Goslar Germany, 16-20 July 1991, Jul. 1991, Not invited - Entropic Uncertainty Relation at Finite Temperature
work shop on Squeezed States and Uncetainty relations, Maryland USA, 28-30, March 1991, Mar. 1991, Not invited - 測定に付随する情報量の熱撹乱による損失
基研研究会 熱現象を扱う場の理論とその応用, Mar. 1990, Not invited - Thermal Information-Entropic Uncertainty Relation
meetings on the Physical Society of Japan in 1989, Oct. 1989, Not invited - A Model for Polarizations of Λo in Inclusive Proton-Proton Collisions at High Energy
meetings on the Physical Society of Japan in 1989, Mar. 1989, Not invited - Λo粒子生成と偏極度
文部省高エネルギー物理学研究所 研究会「偏極陽子および偏極電子ビームによる実験」, Oct. 1988, Not invited
Research Themes
- 基盤研究(C) 数理物理・物性基礎 「カタストロフ複雑系現象としての地震活動:相関、ダイナミクス及びネットワーク表現」
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020 - 基盤研究(C) 数理物理・物性基礎 「カタストロフ複雑系現象としての地震活動:相関、ダイナミクス及びネットワーク表現」
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019 - 基盤研究(C) 数理物理・物性基礎 「カタストロフ複雑系現象としての地震活動:相関、ダイナミクス及びネットワーク表現」
日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2018 - 基盤研究(C) 数理物理・物性基礎 「カタストロフ複雑系現象としての地震活動:相関、ダイナミクス及びネットワーク表現」
日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2017 - 基盤研究(C) 数理物理・物性基礎 「複雑ネットワークのダイナミクスに基づく地震現象の統計力学的研究」
日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2006 - 基盤研究(C) 数理物理・物性基礎 「複雑ネットワークのダイナミクスに基づく地震現象の統計力学的研究」
日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2005
Media Coverage
- Earthquakes power up
Physics World (IOP Publishing), https://physicsworld.com/a/earthquakes-power-up/, Jun. 2004, Paper - Net traffic mimics earthquakes
Technology Research News, http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/082102/Net_traffic_mimics_earthquakes_082102.html, Aug. 2002, Paper - Keep your ear on the Internet, there could be a Big One on the way
NewScientist, https://www.newscientist.com/, Jul. 2002, Paper