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A Swimming Rheometer: Self-propulsion of a freely-suspended swimmer enabled by viscoelastic normal stresses
Laurel A. Kroo, Jeremy P. Binagia, Noah Eckman +2
Self-propulsion at low Reynolds number is notoriously restricted, a concept that is commonly known as the "scallop theorem". Here we present a truly self-propelled swimmer (force-…
Mobile defects born from an energy cascade shape the locomotive behavior of a headless animal
Matthew S. Bull, Manu Prakash
The physics of behavior seeks simple descriptions of animal behavior. The field has advanced rapidly by using techniques in low dimensional dynamics distilled from computer vision.…
Ciliary flocking and emergent instabilities enable collective agility in a non-neuromuscular animal
Matthew S. Bull, Vivek N. Prakash, Manu Prakash
Effective organismal behavior responds appropriately to changes in the surrounding environment. Attaining this delicate balance of sensitivity and stability is a hallmark of the an…
Excitable mechanics embodied in a walking cilium
Matthew S. Bull, Laurel A. Kroo, Manu Prakash
Rapid transduction of sensory stimulation to action is essential for an animal to survive. To this end, most animals use the sub-second excitable and multistable dynamics of a neur…