Huge thanks to all the quantum experts, artists and dancers who brought their expertise and creativity to our event "Art of Quantum" on Sunday, to everyone who attended, got stuck in, asked all those probing questions and were such a great audience - Happy World Quantum Day!

With less than a week to go to "Art of Quantum" in Bristol we've released the last of our 50% discount standard tickets - first come first served. A family friendly sci/art/dance event with talks, art & dance to see, hear, watch & do for all ages www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the... #IYQ2025

January can be a bit rough but this month has gelt great, mostly I think thanks to a dip in here most mornings. Should be prescribed reading for UK winters...

…particularly in mechanobiology things aren’t always rigid, and factoring in squishiness makes things mighty complicated. What was needed was a model experiment – easy to do, easy to observe, and lo and behold…

Avalanches, various stages of tissue development and factory flow lines all hinge on the tipping point between flowing like a fluid and jamming like a solid – and with statistical physics we can figure that out for rigid particles. But…
(pic by Josh Lewis/wikimedia)