A new University of Maryland study has revealed a coordinated dance of microscopic particles—breaking up and clustering back ...

In its original form, Gibbs-Boltzmann statistical mechanics cannot describe “active matter,” such as living, driven, or self-propelled systems. Contemporary models of swarming and flocking behaviors, ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol have made a breakthrough in the development of "life-like" synthetic materials which are able to move by themselves like worms. Scientists have been ...

Scientists have been investigating a new class of materials called ‘active matter’, which could be used for various applications from drug delivery to self-healing materials. Compared to ...

Boundaries are necessarily present in any real-world active matter system, and these examples illustrate that certain sizes or shapes of boundaries can dramatically alter the dynamics of active ...

Cytoskeletal active matter describes novel synthetic materials made up of mixtures of cytoskeletal filaments and molecular motors. By consuming chemical fuel, the molecular motors can bind to and ...

Scientists have been investigating a new class of materials called ‘active matter’, which could be used for various applications from drug delivery to self-healing materials. Compared to inanimate ...

Scientists have been investigating a new class of materials called ‘active matter’, which could be used for various applications from drug delivery to self-healing materials. Compared to inanimate ...