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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

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arXiv cond-mat.soft Soft Condensed Matter @condmatsoft-bot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas: Stretching and bending of (really) thick elastic plates arxiv.org/abs/2606.01889 arxiv.org/pdf/2606.01889 arxiv.org/html/2606.01889

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

New #preprint: "A mechanical bifurcation constrains the evolution of cell sheet folding in the family Volvocaceae" arxiv.org/abs/2603.15171 The next chapter in the #Volvox saga: work done by Valens Tribet during his internship in my group. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

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chaosfudan @chaosfudan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A new journal "DCDS-Intelligence" aimsciences.org/DCDS-I/ : At the intersection of Complex Dynamical Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Computational Neuroscience. @iics-fudan.bsky.social @csh.ac.at @artificial.bsky.social @networkspapers.bsky.social

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

#proudPI moment: this afternoon, my first student, Maryam Setoudeh, successfully defended her #PhD thesis @tudresden.bsky.social. Picture of happy student and inanely grinning PI provided by @zhaoshh.bsky.social. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 27/02/2026

Honoring Chen Ning Yang, a pioneering physicist whose insights into symmetry transformed modern particle physics. His work on parity violation and Yang–Mills theory laid essential foundations for the Standard Model of fundamental forces. Read the PNAS Retrospective: ow.ly/vR2j50Yn1i2

Honoring the life of Chen Ning “Frank” Yang. A profound proponent of symmetry.

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

How does an elastic line buckle within a curved surface? The answer, by @zhaoshh.bsky.social and @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social, has now been #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: the answer to the question that Euler did not solve three hundred years ago*. @zhaoshh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s * Possible reasons include not having access to Mathematica and predating Riemann (in the non-ecological sense).

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Mingchao Liu @mingchaoliu.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🍂 New paper (JMPS, OA): Midveins control how drying leaves curl/fold. Soft lamina shrinks; stiff vein resists → stress → 3D shapes. Nonlinear, non-Euclidean mechanics—and bioinspiration for morphable materials. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jm... @unibirmingham.bsky.social #Leaf #Mechanics #Biomimetics

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Qiwei Yu @qiweiyu.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

As the march meeting abstract deadline approaches, please check out our session! Please RT/forward

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

IG Nobel Prize in #Physics 2025 to @mpipks.bsky.social researchers for elucidating the phase behaviour of cacio e pepe sauce. The work highlights how physics can also be applied to solve daily-life problems! nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03045-0

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Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research

The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Passive morphogenesis of the gut: work by @zhaoshh.bsky.social @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social and collaborators at Princeton University, @flatironinstitute.org now #published @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122

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Daniel Alber @danielalber.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

A ring of cells deforms into a triangular keyhole in just 15 minutes. Meet the hindgut, a model for boundary-driven morphogenesis! Out now in @pnas.org at doi.org/10.1073/pnas... with @zhaoshh.bsky.social, Alex Jacinto, Eric Wieschaus, Stas Shvartsman, @lepuslapis.bsky.social (1/8)

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Shiheng Zhao @zhaoshh.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

On the way to my new apartment last night with the sofa.

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

What does the force required to poke a cyst of cells reveal about cyst mechanics? Research by Shiheng Zhao, Pierre Haas @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social now highlighted as an Editors' Suggestion in Phys. Rev. Lett.! doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.228402

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Now #published in Phys. Rev. Lett. as an Editors' Suggestion: "Mechanics of poking a cyst" - the first paper from the PhD work of @zhaoshh.bsky.social. journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/05/2025

This week in Science, researchers delve into the #mathematics that shapes growing rose petals. 🌹 Explore our latest issue—featuring a new print design: scim.ag/42DasUT

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

New #preprint: "Euler buckling on curved surfaces" arxiv.org/abs/2503.04303 @zhaoshh.bsky.social and I ask the question that Euler left open: How does an elastic line buckle within a (general) curved surface? @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

New #preprint: "A model for boundary-driven tissue morphogenesis" arxiv.org/abs/2503.03688. A great collaboration with @danielalber.bsky.social @zhaoshh.bsky.social, Alexandre Jacinto, Eric Wieschaus, Stas Shvartsman. @flatironinstitute.org @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 27/12/2024

Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A group of longhorn crazy ants (top) and a group of people (bottom) tackling scaled versions of the same geometrical maneuvering puzzle.

CREDIT: Ofer Feinerman

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