Research on both animals and humans shows that slow oscillations improve neural plasticity -- the brain's ability to change and adapt in response to experiences and injury.

The findings hold significant promise, paving the way for designing micro-tools capable of inducing controlled oscillations and synchronisation in bacterial systems.

"A nonautonomous system with seasonal variations reveals complex behaviors like periodic oscillations and chaos -- and highlights the unpredictability of crop responses to rising temperatures."

The new computer model works by analyzing small oscillations -- or wobbles -- in the way a moon spins as it orbits its parent planet.

"We have thus confirmed the hypothesis that efficient gaits can be realized by exploiting natural oscillation patterns," explains Prof.