New #preprint: "Stretching and bending of (really) thick elastic plates"
arxiv.org/abs/2606.01889
Yet another paper from the #PhD work of @zhaoshh.bsky.social and yet another expansion of three-dimensional elasticity for some ε≪1.
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@ricardalert.bsky.social @marinbukov.bsky.social
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Publication highlight: pks.mpg.de/research/highlights
See also the press release of #ctd.qmat: ctdqmat.de/en/news-and-events/news/2026-06-12-newton-reloaded-dresden-physicists-go-beyond-the-action-reaction-principle
You are very welcome.
How to describe nonreciprocal interactions using a Hamiltonian? Researchers @mpipks.bsky.social, @ub.edu, @icreacommunity.bsky.social have done so using a Hamiltonian embedding.
Work now #published @natphys.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03317-0
New #preprint: "Nonlinear isotropic odd elasticity"
arxiv.org/abs/2605.02476
More from the #PhD work of @zhaoshh.bsky.social: revealing some of the surprising nonlinear mechanical behaviour of active, "odd" solids.
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Many thanks @prelights.bsky.social for highlighting our recent #preprint, a great collaboration with @paveltomancak.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.25.714261
Experiments, theory, a mechanical instability, what more could one ask for?
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Our paper on a Hamiltonian description of non-reciprocal interactions is out @natphys.nature.com! With Yubo Shi, Roderich Moessner, and @marinbukov.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @icreacommunity.bsky.social
Check it out, and read more in the thread below! 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our call for Postdoc Positions in Biological Physics is open! Join our exciting and stimulating environment, with a rich variety of groups to collaborate. Deadline for applications is 15th of May!
Apply here:
www.pks.mpg.de/biological-p...
Looking for a #postdoc in biophysics, molecular/cell biology, biomedicine or bioengineering? The GSS program offers candidates with PhD degrees from German institutions the chance to join one of the @biohub.org partner universities for a 3 year fellowship. Applications are welcome until the 20/05!
A fantastic #postdoc opportunity to join us in Dresden @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social or to join @biohub.org. Apply by the 20th of May!
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Pierre Haas
Pierre Haas
Many active and driven systems exhibit non-reciprocal interactions, making them hard to describe with standard methods. Now a constrained Hamiltonian embedding with auxiliary variables reproduces thes...
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Ricard Alert ZenĂłn
Pierre Haas
Biohub @biohub.org and @maxplanck.de, represented by @mpi-cbg.de and @mpipks.bsky.social, invite applications for the Global Science Scholars program, a three year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Germany. www.czbiohub.org/program-mpi-...
Biohub @biohub.org and @maxplanck.de, represented by @mpi-cbg.de and @mpipks.bsky.social, invite applications for the Global Science Scholars program, a three year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Germany. www.czbiohub.org/program-mpi-...
Friction at the tip keeps the Drosophila germ band straight against innate instabilities. #DevBio
Ruoheng Li highlights a #preprint from @giuliaserafini.bsky.social & colleagues @paveltomancak.bsky.social Lab
#preLight + an insightful author response 👀⬇️
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/e...
New preprint! Non-reciprocal interactions don’t arise from a potential. Yet, we found a way to encode them in a Hamiltonian, which captures the phase transitions of non-reciprocal systems! With Yubo Shi, Roderich Moessner, and @marinbukov.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2505.05246
Friction at the tip keeps the Drosophila germ band straight against innate instabilities.
