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cond-mat.soft2023★ 3 cited
Active dislocations and topological traps govern dynamics of spiraling filamentous cyanobacteria
Xingting Gong, Manu Prakash
Activity can organize matter in unique configurations inaccessible to equilibrium systems, including a sundry of spiraling shapes seen in nature that range from galaxies to living…
cond-mat.soft2023★ 2 cited
Self-learning mechanical circuits
Vishal P. Patil, Ian Ho, Manu Prakash
Adaptivity and learning are ubiquitous in living systems, from cytoplasm and biofilms to animal flocks. However, the problem of designing nonliving mechanical systems capable of se…