martedì 30 giugno 2020

# gst: elastic instabilities, a morphing model to quickly trap anything (in 100msec), the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

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<< The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) takes only 100 milliseconds to trap its prey. Once their leaves, which have been transformed ...
lunedì 29 giugno 2020

# gst: self-assembly in complex patterns during the evaporation of a sessile droplet

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<< When a sessile droplet containing a solute in a volatile solvent evaporates, flow in the droplet can transport and assemble solute ...
giovedì 25 giugno 2020

# life: a paradigm shift; extinction vs. evanescence, relict species, ...

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<< The first "complete" paradigm of extinction was proposed as "the multigenerational, attritional loss of reproductive...
lunedì 22 giugno 2020

# bots: tiny machinery, nanobots (molecule-sized bots) from 1k to millions swarming together to perform tasks

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<< Multi-disciplinary research has led to the innovative fabrication of molecule-sized robots. Scientists are now advancing their effo...
sabato 20 giugno 2020

# life: unaware racisms

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<< racism is about action in everyday life, not just words or hashtags at a time of uprising. We can be careful about what we say – la...
giovedì 18 giugno 2020

# gst: critical points seem to act behind the complex behavior of collectives.

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<< Current experiments support the controversial hypothesis that a well-known concept in physics—a critical point—is behind the striki...
martedì 16 giugno 2020

# life: apropos of extreme swing (5); POTUSrace, he will accept a hypothetical defeat or, conversely, he will not

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<< Joe Biden said Wednesday night that he believes if President Donald Trump loses the election and refuses to leave the White House, ...