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physics.bio-ph2019★ 12 cited
Collective olfactory search in a turbulent environment
Mihir Durve, Lorenzo Piro, Massimo Cencini +2
Finding the distant source of an odor dispersed by a turbulent flow is a vital task for many organisms, either for foraging or for mating purposes. At the level of individual searc…
nlin.CD2019★ 29 cited
Gyrotactic phytoplankton in laminar and turbulent flows: a dynamical systems approach
Massimo Cencini, Guido Boffetta, Matteo Borgnino +1
Gyrotactic algae are bottom heavy, motile cells whose swimming direction is determined by a balance between a buoyancy torque directing them upwards and fluid velocity gradients. G…