Hi all, Philip Ball @philipcball wrote this exciting column in which is discussed our recent paper in PRL. Douglas Holmes, MIT Mathematics, MIT Science

Here is an instructive historical debate on AI between James Lighthill, Donald Michie, Richard Gregory and John McCarthy. (McCarthy is the person who coined the term Artificial Intelligence.) youtu.be/03p2CADwGF8 via YouTube

Don't tie yourself in knots over this amazing inflatable actuator! Computational modeling helps place adhesive patches that control the path of this balloon. 🎈 TheFaboratory @YaleSEAS Harvard SEAS Read more! 📖 ow.ly/fthL50OkyIg

You may know Prof. Gil Strang's famous book "Linear Algebra and Its Applications," or you may have watched his Linear Algebra (18.06) lectures at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on YouTube. Gil's final lecture will be live streamed tomorrow at 11 am EST. Join the celebration at grinfeld.org/strang/

To write well, follow a few rules and keep it simple. ChatGPT helps, said this article in Nature Reviews Bioengineering. nature.com/articles/s4422…

"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics" by Eugene Wigner📒 It was introduced in a 1960 paper by the physicist Eugene Wigner (1902 - 1995). Wigner marveled at the peculiar ability of mathematics, an abstract and theoretical discipline, to not only accurately describe but

We are extremely excited to share that materials and mechanical engineering professor Irene Beyerlein has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors granted to engineers. #NAE2024

Nicely operated by my colleague Prof. Ousmane Kodio

🔴 EN DIRECT | Cérémonie de réception des nouveaux membres 🌿« DE LA PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE MOLLE À LA PHYSIQUE POUR LA BIOLOGIE » Jean-François JOANNY, Prof. au Collège de France, chaire Matière molle et biophysique, l'Institut Curie dans la section #physique 👉youtube.com/live/ChRvAxZ8W…

PRFluids Editors' Suggestion: McKee et al. uncover how a droplet levitating on a moving wall generates mesmerizing shear-driven waves. Discover the secrets behind these instabilities and their implications for high-speed fluid systems! go.aps.org/4gvyCFK #fluiddynamics

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Global Physics Summit in California! Come meet your friendly colleagues, doing awesome science, and enjoy the great weather :-)

With Trevor, we are organizing a focus session on "Crafted matter" (APS DSOFT) for American Physical Society March Meeting/Global Physics Summit 2025 -- consider submitting an abstract by October 25!

Welcome to The Many Faces of Active Mechanics (#activesolids-c24) conference at #KITP! Learn more at: kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/act… Stay tuned for recorded talks at: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/actives…

And the 2025 Onsager prize goes to …. Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Leticia Cugliandolo, and Jorge Kurchan! Their works on out of equilibrium dynamics are so beautiful, influential and important - real gems. Huge congratulations ! aps.org/funding-recogn…

UCLA Mathematics faculty and postdoc positions: ww3.math.ucla.edu/faculty-positi… Come join us! (P.S. There should hopefully be another faculty position advertised later, but it's still going through the official approval process.)

Together with Weicheng Huang, we are organizing a mini-symposium on "Modeling of Intelligent Structures and Soft Robotics" as part of UKACM2025 Conference to be held in Queen Mary University of London, April 2025. Please consider submitting an abstract under S7. sites.google.com/view/ukacm2025…

John von Neumann appeared on the television program "America's Youth Wants to Know" during his time as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission.

Welcome to the New Perspectives in Many-body Physics with Quantum Optical Systems (#mbqoptics-c24) conference at #KITP! Learn more at: kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/mbq… Stay tuned for recorded talks at: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/mbqopti…

The New Perspectives in Many-body Physics with Quantum Optical Systems (#mbqoptics-c24) conference ended today, but the associated program starts next week! Learn more at kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/mbq… Watch conference talks at online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/mbqopti… youtube.com/playlist?list=… #ICYMI

With Ousmane Kodio, we are delighted to organize a focus session on "Instabilities in Soft Mechanics" at the upcoming American Physical Society Global Physics Summit 2026 in Denver! Sorting category 02 Soft Condensed Matter (APS DSOFT ) Sub-category 02.01.12 Instabilities in Soft Mechanics