Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds

Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08514-6Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of individuals without external guidance.

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Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds

Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08514-6Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of individuals without external guidance.