How do mechanical forces influence cell division in bacteria? Find the answer in nature.com/articles/s4146… Nature Communications. We found that buckling in E. coli filaments modulates the Min system and creates a mechanical "memory" for division I2SysBio CSIC CSIC Divulga Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

How do bacteria organize? 🦠 Boston University researchers reveal in Cell Press that colony shape, metabolism & nutrients drive growth, diversity & striking rings. Learn more: spr.ly/6012AGQbj

A delicious win-win: Oyster farming helps sequester carbon, not just because the bivalves lock CO2 in their shells but even more so because the oysters promote primary production and organic carbon sedimentation in the sea around them. In PNAS: ow.ly/H8L150WTn2t

How do bacteria stir fluids in tiny droplets? Check out this Kudos post of our new PNASNews article! growkudos.com/publications/1…

Delighted to share the publication of this review article on active biofilaments royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… It was a wonderful collaboration with Kirsty Wan 🔬 , Hannah Laeverenz-Schlogelhofer , and Jan Cammann #ActiveMatter Loughborough Science ICMM

Some species of microscopic unicellular algae known as diatoms live inside Arctic ice, gliding across frozen surfaces at temperatures as low as -15 °C, using special mucilage to stick to the ice. In PNAS: ow.ly/4Ynz50WYLXG

Amazing paper. All the good stuff: brain dynamics, state trajectories, embedding, links to arousal, tracking full dynamic state with a single measurement. nature.com/articles/s4158…

A particle oscillating in a density-stratified fluid offers an analogy to quantum-like wave-particle duality. Oscillations create internal waves that drive spontaneous horizontal motion, while boundary reflections create a confining Casimir-like potential. go.aps.org/3KkEENQ

C. elegans uses an "accept-reject" behavioural strategy, based on learned features of its environment, to make decisions about food. This research tackles a core problem in #neuroscience: how neural circuits mediate decision-making. elifesciences.org/articles/10319…

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Hydrodynamic interactions between enzyme-powered microswimmers for pH-sensitive locomotion in gastric mucus | Physics of Fluids | 2025-10-01 pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/articl…

Beyond the Quail: A new imaging system that allows dynamics of millions of cells in cm-wide 3D tissues & embryos to be observed 📹 Taro Ichimura et al The University of Osaka ini eLife - the journal ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/1… with John Ankers

Chemotactic cells working together balance sensing and signal modulation, showing how shared information speeds and stabilizes collective search for targets. Read more: go.aps.org/46RIIhh

A computational model for analyzing the accumulation of active micro-swimmers under confinement reveals that the concentration of active rods depends on background flow, rotational diffusion, the cross-sectional aspect ratio, and wall torque. 🔗 go.aps.org/48sTjAx

How can small convective motions in Earth’s core generate a global magnetic field? New PRFluids Editors’ Suggestion identifies weak-field spherical dynamos beyond known dipolar states, with a distinct small-scale flow & large-scale magnetic field patterns. go.aps.org/4qcgrcV

Hollow Structures in Micro/nanomotors: Design Principles, Propulsion Mechanisms, and Functional Applications | Accounts of Materials Research | October 12, 2025 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Small nonuniformities in particle suspensions can alter interface patterns during stretching, producing wavy, finger-like shapes and dendritic fingers with side branches. Experiments and theory offer insights into these particle-mediated instabilities. go.aps.org/4qBNp6T

Strong spatial confinement imposes extreme restrictions on the final configuration of the particles. While hexagonal container favors the HCP arrangement, the rectangular cell imposes the square order, and the circular cell, the formation of necklace. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lyNu1M2-2P%…

Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research go.nature.com/4qses4u