2 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Amphibian water to land transition reveals physical limits of olfaction
Martin James, Loranzie S. Rogers, Moreira Salsman +3
The evolutionary transition from water to land required animals to sense and respond to drastically different environments. Chemicals diffuse four orders of magnitude more slowly i…
physics.flu-dyn2026
Flexibility as a Universal Nature-Inspired Mechanism for Thrust Enhancement
Roberta Santoriello, Francesco Viola, Vincenzo Citro
Nature has equipped jet-propelled swimmers with flexible nozzles that outperform rigid ones, yet the origin of this advantage has remained unexplained. By tracking where and when e…