Bacteria have developed a large array of motility mechanisms to exploit available resources
and environments. These mechanisms can be broadly classified into swimming in aqueous …

Bacteria are among the oldest and most abundant species on Earth. Bacteria successfully
colonize diverse habitats and play a significant role in the oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen …

Within a simple model of attractive active Brownian particles, we predict flocking behavior
and challenge the widespread idea that alignment interactions are necessary to observe this …

Microswimmers exhibit an intriguing, highly-dynamic collective motion with large-scale
swirling and streaming patterns, denoted as active turbulence–reminiscent of classical high …

In this study, we perform a thermal curve analysis with terahertz (THz) metamaterials to
develop a label-free identification tool for pathogens such as bacteria and yeasts. The …

Whereas self-propelled hard discs undergo motility-induced phase separation, self-
propelled rods exhibit a variety of nonequilibrium phenomena, including clustering …

Self-organized multicellular behaviors enable cells to adapt and tolerate stressors to a
greater degree than isolated cells. However, whether and how cellular communities alter …

Bacteria organize in a variety of collective states, from swarming—rapid surface exploration,
to biofilms—highly dense immobile communities attributed to stress resistance. It has been …

Collective motion of active matter is ubiquitously observed, ranging from propelled colloids
to flocks of bird, and often features the formation of complex structures composed of agents …

Cooperative motion in biological microswimmers is crucial for their survival as it facilitates
adhesion to surfaces, formation of hierarchical colonies, efficient motion, and enhanced …