Albert-László Barabási

Network Scientist. Author. The Formula, Linked, Bursts. @Northeastern @Harvard @CEUhungary.

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Truly honored that @NatureAging featured our work (and art) on its cover! PDF here: https://t.co/AHR1woNJCO
Thanks #TinaRosado and @gross62053 for the artwork. More about the paper here: https://t.co/GgYb5XUSSp

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Which existing drugs could slow aging?
Our new @NatureAging paper finds that the #hallmarksofaging form distinct network modules, allowing us to identify drugs that can potentially slow specific aging hallmarks.
PDF at https://t.co/AHR1woNJCO

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Great collaboration with Xindi Wang, @complexgates, @magnusresch. This work shows that an artist’s “co-exhibition gender”—the gender bias of the institutions that show them—predicts auction access more strongly than the artist’s own gender. @BarabasiLab

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

What does gender inequality in art institutions really looks like from the perspective of big data? In a new @NatureComms paper, we mapped exhibitions and auctions for 65,768 artists across 20,389 institutions,
PDF at https://t.co/AHR1woNJCO

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

The consequences reach the market. Men artists account for 82% of auction records and a much larger share of sales. In our model, an artist’s co-exhibition gender is more strongly associated with auction access than the artist’s gender itself.

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Want the key takeaways from our recent Nature Aging paper on drug repurposing for longevity? Here’s a more digestible version:
https://t.co/E9ADVqT8DD
If you get inspired, PDF here: https://t.co/AHR1woNJCO

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Which existing drugs could slow aging?
Our new @NatureAging paper finds that the #hallmarksofaging form distinct network modules, allowing us to identify drugs that can potentially slow specific aging hallmarks.
PDF at https://t.co/AHR1woNJCO

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Honored to receive the Euler Award, the @netscisociety's highest recognition.
It was particularly meaningful to receive at the 20th anniversary meeting of the @netscisociety surrounded by the students, postdocs, collaborators who made this possible.
Let us continue the journey!

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Open Postdoc Positions in Network Materials and Physical Networks (and perhaps Network Medicine and Science of Science). See https://t.co/vCahNzjgvg to learn more about the Lab’s profile.
Contact me if interested, or apply here: https://t.co/1zSRqdVzuJ
P: Puklus #NetSci2026

[Jun Yamamoto @__jymmt__]

Physical Networks IV takes place next Tuesday at @NetSciConf in Boston.

Join us for keynotes by Mason A. Porter, Jörn Dunkel, and Katia Bertoldi, plus invited and contributed talks on physical networks.

June 2 | 14:30-18:00 | Harvard Square A
https://t.co/Vq77h78EZR

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

We introduce a new model, m-EPR: exploration + preferential return, augmented by global popularity. It recovers the scaling laws of meta-mobility. Hence human movement is shaped less by space than by the dynamics of collective attention.

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Does teleportation erase the laws of human mobility? In our new paper with @kishore__vasan & @MartonKarsai, we follow 163,770 Decentraland users and their NFT trajectories. The answer: virtual worlds carry the fingerprints of human mobility.
PDF here: https://t.co/AHR1woNJCO

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Attention is highly concentrated. The top 1% of Decentraland lands attracted 94% of visitors; top NFT contracts captured 77% of Ethereum and 96% of Polygon users. Yet land prices did not follow visitation—a sharp departure from cities in the physical world.

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Hungary’s chance to rebuild science: my editorial in Science is out today.
https://t.co/w8c6Eh7aKZ
Its message is simple: “If Hungary gets this right, it will offer a model that matters far beyond its borders.”

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

A special week: I had the privilege of seeing two outstanding Hungarian scientists I deeply admire—Katalin Karikó @kkariko and Réka Albert—inducted into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC.
Join me in congratulating them both!
@theNASciences

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Join us-- Physical Network Satellite at @NetSciConf in Boston!

[Jun Yamamoto @__jymmt__]

🚨One week remaining🚨

Call for contributions to Physical Networks, IV Edition @NetSciConf , Boston is still open.

🗓️ June 2, 2026, 14:30~

Confirmed speakers:
@masonporter , Jörn Dunkel, Katia Bertoldi, Xiangyi Meng, @ivanbonamassa

Submit by 30 April 2026: [email protected]

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

needless to say, it is Feb 5, Thursday...

[Albert-László Barabási @barabasi]

Speaking at NYU this Thursday, Feb 6, at 4:45, join me if interested in 'Network Science as a Falsifiable Discipline: From Graphs to Testable Laws'
https://t.co/WCE413sE1a