{
  "id": 8128174,
  "title": "A finely tuned mess—how disorder can make networks more stable",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/a-finely-tuned-mess-how-disorder-can-make-networks-more-stable",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T23:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-finely-tuned-mess-disorder-networks.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Perfection is overrated—at least when it comes to complex systems like the power grid, food webs and advanced materials. For decades, scientists generally assumed that networks function most reliably when their individual components are as similar as possible. But real-world networks are rarely uniform.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}