Dynamic Biological Organization is a fascinating account of the living organisms as dynamic
systems, based on the concept that the spatio-temporal coherence of events within a living …

One of the most fundamental and efficient ways of conceptualizing complex systems is to
organize them hierarchically. A hierarchically organized system is represented by a network …

The development of a proper description of the living world today stands as one of the most
significant challenges to physics. A variety of new experimental techniques in molecular …

We report a possible solution for the long-standing problem of the biological function of
swirling motion, when a group of animals orbits a common center of the group. We exploit …

Entropy serves as a central observable in equilibrium thermodynamics. However, many
biological and ecological systems operate far from thermal equilibrium. Here we show that …

We present a path-integral formulation of the motion of a particle subjected to fluctuating
active and thermal forces. This general framework predicts the statistical behavior …

Flocking birds, fish schools, and insect swarms are familiar examples of collective motion
that plays a role in a range of problems, such as spreading of diseases. Models have …

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 …

Pattern formation and self-organization are phenomena that occur across the board, in
animate and inanimate systems. In this paper, we rely on the constructal law to explain the …

The acquisition of different fates by cells that are initially in the same state is central to
development. Here, we investigate the possible structures of bistable genetic networks that …