Collective behaviour in dense assemblies of self-propelled active particles occurs in a wide range of biological phenomena, including the dynamical transitions of cellular and subcellular biological ...

Just as flight simulators can offer a trainee pilot insight into what it might be like to fly an aeroplane in real life, quantum simulators help physicists to understand the complex quantum behaviour ...

Scientists have found that staple-shaped particles can tangle together to create a material that is both strong and flexible.

Physicists have long relied on the idea that electrons behave like tiny particles zipping through materials, even though quantum physics says their exact position is fundamentally uncertain. Now, ...

Granular metamaterials made of staple-shaped entangled particles interlock into load-bearing structures without adhesive, ...