It's not a bug, it's a feature: functional materials in insects
Over the course of their wildly successful proliferation across the earth, the insects as a
taxon have evolved enviable adaptations to their diverse habitats, which include adhesives …
taxon have evolved enviable adaptations to their diverse habitats, which include adhesives …
A physics perspective on collective animal behavior
NT Ouellette - Physical Biology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The dynamic patterns and coordinated motion displayed by groups of social animals are a
beautiful example of self-organization in natural far-from-equilibrium systems. Recent …
beautiful example of self-organization in natural far-from-equilibrium systems. Recent …
Dynamic response and hydrodynamics of polarized crowds
Modeling crowd motion is central to situations as diverse as risk prevention in mass events
and visual effects rendering in the motion picture industry. The difficulty of performing …
and visual effects rendering in the motion picture industry. The difficulty of performing …
Phase coexistence in insect swarms
M Sinhuber, NT Ouellette - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Animal aggregations are visually striking, and as such are popular examples of collective
behavior in the natural world. Quantitatively demonstrating the collective nature of such …
behavior in the natural world. Quantitatively demonstrating the collective nature of such …
Mechanical spectroscopy of insect swarms
K van der Vaart, M Sinhuber, AM Reynolds… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Social animals routinely form groups, which are thought to display emergent, collective
behavior. This hypothesis suggests that animal groups should have properties at the group …
behavior. This hypothesis suggests that animal groups should have properties at the group …
Stochastic modelling of bird flocks: accounting for the cohesiveness of collective motion
AM Reynolds, GE McIvor… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Collective behaviour can be difficult to discern because it is not limited to animal
aggregations such as flocks of birds and schools of fish wherein individuals spontaneously …
aggregations such as flocks of birds and schools of fish wherein individuals spontaneously …
Inference of causal information flow in collective animal behavior
WM Lord, J Sun, NT Ouellette… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Understanding and even defining what constitutes animal interactions remains a
challenging problem. Correlational tools may be inappropriate for detecting communication …
challenging problem. Correlational tools may be inappropriate for detecting communication …
[HTML][HTML] From responsiveness in biological matter to functional materials: Analogies and inspiration towards the systematic design and synthesis of new smart …
MP Cosma, R Brighenti - Applied Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Living organisms and, in general, bio-materials respond to external stimuli exhibiting
specific functionalities (such as shape-morphing, color change, tissue growth and …
specific functionalities (such as shape-morphing, color change, tissue growth and …
Environmental perturbations induce correlations in midge swarms
K van der Vaart, M Sinhuber… - Journal of The …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although collectively behaving animal groups often show large-scale order (such as in bird
flocks), they need not always (such as in insect swarms). It has been suggested that the …
flocks), they need not always (such as in insect swarms). It has been suggested that the …
[HTML][HTML] Harmonic radar tracking reveals that honeybee drones navigate between multiple aerial leks
Male honeybees (drones) are thought to congregate in large numbers in particular" drone
congregation areas" to mate. We used harmonic radar to record the flight paths of individual …
congregation areas" to mate. We used harmonic radar to record the flight paths of individual …