The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...

This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Engineering, Communications Physics, and Scientific Reports brings together the ...

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...

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...

Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

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Active matter systems can spontaneously form structure. Using concepts of nonequilibrium statistical physics and experiments, this work demonstrates the existence of a topological transition in filame...

The 2024 Nobel prize for Physics was awarded for foundational contributions to the development of artificial neural networks. The award reflects a shift in how we understand boundaries between scienti...

Experimental analysis and computational modeling of collective responses of flocking sheep to a herding dog reveal how directional information spreads in escaping animal groups.