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Anjali Sharma
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Senior Editor at Nature Communications, https://www.nature.com/ncomms/
Handling soft matter physics.
#SoftMatterPhysics
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Comment by Prof @icouzin.bsky.social that explores how collective intelligence emerges from local interactions in animal groups, and how these principles inform the design of swarm robotic systems. @natureportfolio.nature.com
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Collective intelligence in animals and robots - Nature Communications
This commentary explores how collective intelligence arises from local interactions in animal groups and how these principles inform the design of swarm robotic systems, addressing the challenge of ac...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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🚀 New journal alert!
We are Communications AI and Computing: an open access space from @natureportfolio.nature.com for research in AI, ML, and computational science.

Now open for submissions!
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#AI #ML #OpenAccess #ComputationalScience #NaturePortfolio #Research
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The @natureportfolio.nature.com Collection celebrating the 2025 #NobelPrize in #Physics is now live!
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical ...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits?

Here it is: ($)

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Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics
In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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I will be attending the 2nd European Fluid Dynamics Conference in Dublin from August 26 to August 29, 2025. Feel free to reach out if you will be attending as well. #Fluids #Softmatter #Physics
August 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Check out our latest open collection "Physics-Informed Machine Learning" with @commsphys.nature.com @natcomputsci.nature.com ‬ @natcomms.nature.com and Scientific Reports. #MachineLearning #ML #Physics
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Physics-Informed Machine Learning
This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Nature Computational Science, Communications Physics, and Scientific Reports brings together the ...
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May 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Authors propose pneumatic torsion strips inspired by Möbius strips, enabling localized, strain-free bending with tunable elastic energy for shape morphing.
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Shape morphing of soft robotics by pneumatic torsion strip braiding - Nature Communications
Shape morphing is crucial for soft robotics, but conventional methods often induce unwanted in-plane strain and rigidity. Authors propose pneumatic torsion strips inspired by Möbius strips, enabling l...
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April 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Driving a #colloidal particle through a time-modulated, non-sinusoidal optical landscape, the authors report emergence of fractional Shapiro steps and uncover their microscopic mechanisms, enabling precise control through #optical potential design @natcomms.nature.com
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Engineering tunable fractional Shapiro steps in colloidal transport - Nature Communications
Shapiro steps are quantized plateaus in the velocity-force curve of a driven system, where velocity remains constant despite increasing the force. Previously, integer steps have been observed for micr...
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April 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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The authors demonstrate that rising bubbles deform the entrapped gas layer on nano/microstructured surfaces, enabling ultrafast and stable capture via liquid film rupture and three-phase contact line hysteresis.
out now @natcomms.nature.com
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Understanding ultrafast free-rising bubble capturing on nano/micro-structured super-aerophilic surfaces - Nature Communications
Rapid and stable bubble capture is crucial for gas collection and impurity removal in aquatic systems, yet the role of microtextures in initiating this process remains underexplored. The authors demon...
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April 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Hi everyone,

I’ll be attending the “Physics for Future” event hosted by the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg @uni.lu on 14–15 May 2025.

I’d love to hear about your exciting work in soft matter physics—feel free to reach out!
April 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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I am very happy to share that my work on active deformations of lipid vesicles is finally out in Nature Physics. A nicer thread+movies coming soon, in the meantime:
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Thx to Andreas, Hammad, Dmitry, Gerhard @laynefrechette.bsky.social and everybody else who contributed!
March 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Any recommendations for a good international fluid dynamics
conference? #SoftMatter #Fluids #Physics
March 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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CoNFiLD: a generative AI model for efficient, high-fidelity turbulence simulation in complex domains. By combining conditional neural fields and latent diffusion, CoNFiLD excels in stochastic turbulence, flow reconstruction, and super-resolution. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Conditional neural field latent diffusion model for generating spatiotemporal turbulence - Nature Communications
Available eddy-resolved simulations predict turbulent flows accurately but are too computationally demanding for widespread application. This study presents a Conditional Neural Field Latent Diffusion...
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November 30, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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We've just joined Bluesky 🎉 Follow us for research, news, comment and opinion from Nature journal 🧪
December 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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I will be visiting IISc Bangalore on January 3rd and 4th. Feel free to reach out to me at anjali.sharma@nature.com if you would like to have a chat! @NatureComms #SoftMatter
December 16, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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Promoting scientific literacy and inspiring young minds through science outreach helps create a more informed and inquisitive society. It encourages evidence-based thinking and fosters a deeper appreciation for the role of science in everyday life.
December 2, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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“We show how rhetoric around ‘open’ AI is frequently wielded in ways that exacerbate rather than reduce concentration of power in the AI sector”

Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - a Perspective in Nature 🧪

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Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
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November 27, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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A study in Nature Communications suggests that southward outflow of Arctic freshwater supressed Nordic Seas deep-water formation and northward oceanic heat transport during the early Last Interglacial. 🧪 🌊
Arctic freshwater outflow suppressed Nordic Seas overturning and oceanic heat transport during the Last Interglacial - Nature Communications
During a globally warmer-than-present period, ~128,000 years before present, enhanced melting of Arctic sea ice and freshwater export resulted in slowdown of the Nordic Sea deepwater formation and significant regional cooling.
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November 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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Before I start posting about newer results on this platform, here is a video from our most recent paper -- www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 22, 2024 at 4:44 AM
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The authors discuss the extremely quick bounce seen when #droplets containing a particle impact a surface, achieving a contact time of only 0.3 milliseconds with an elastic particle and 0.05 milliseconds with a rigid #particle #GettingApplied #Softmatter
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Ultrafast bounce of particle-laden droplets - Nature Communications
It is essential to have a short contact time for self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-fog, heat transfer, droplet manipulation, and energy harvesting. In this study, the authors discuss the extremely quick...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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The authors report on #biaxial properties in a system of #colloidal rods with designed surface anchoring doped into a chiral #nematic host.
#GettingApplied #Softmatter #LiquidCrystals
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Emergent biaxiality in chiral hybrid liquid crystals - Nature Communications
The study of nematic hosts with anisotropic colloidal particles is reported, but not on the chiral counterparts. Here, the authors report on biaxial properties in a system of colloidal rods with desig...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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Cover letter is your chance to provide key info that helps editors understand the significance of your work. I am surprised by how many #academics either underestimate its importance or are unsure how to write one. If you have any questions about a CL, feel free to reach out. #publicsation #Physics
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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Nature asked more than 1,000 lab leaders about the state of hiring in academia and industry. Join a one-hour webinar on 19 November to hear what they said. Register here: go.nature.com/4fwhhLY #AcademicSky
A graphic for the Hiring in Science panel discussion session on Nov. 19 at 10am EST/3pm GMT. The speakers are listed on the graphic, Andreas Lautsen-Kiel, Eileen Parkes, Elsie Lauchlan, and David Payne.
November 15, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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Cell shape affects bacterial colony growth under physical confinement:

Cocci -> compact spherical colonies
Rods -> elongated colonies with increased access to nutrients

#bacteria #MicroSky 🧪

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Cell shape affects bacterial colony growth under physical confinement - Nature Communications
Lab experiments using liquid cultures or agar plates fail to capture the effects of physical confinement on bacteria. Here, Sreepadmanabh et al. use three-dimensional matrices to show that growth unde...
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November 15, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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This study investigates the factors affecting #swarm movement, revealing that solutal buoyancy drives their motion, with potential #biomedical applications like targeted drug delivery #Swarms #collectivebehaviour #nanomotors
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Collective buoyancy-driven dynamics in swarming enzymatic nanomotors - Nature Communications
Enzymatic nanomotors exhibit collective behaviour in fuel-rich environments, forming swarms with enhanced propulsion and coverage. This study investigates the factors affecting swarm movement, reveali...
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November 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM