Gil Henkin ’14 is a physics major, but that doesn’t prevent him from working magic. In the lab in 222 Abelson, the young scientist conjures mesmerizing images of microscopic systems in motion. These ...

Physicist Zvonimir Dogic and his lab are on a roll. Last week, Dogic’s research was featured in two of science’s most respected journals, Science and Nature. Science featured the Dogic team’s ...

If you think about it, our bodies are really just systems of individual, microscopic components that are out of equilibrium because they consume energy. That’s what it’s like to be active matter.

Dogic visited Iran in 2016 for the first time. On his second trip to the country, he met Iranian tour guide Fariba Fadai, whom he married, and together they now live in the central Iranian city of ...

If you think about it, our bodies are really just systems of individual, microscopic components that are out of equilibrium because they consume energy. That's what it's like to be active matter.

Flocks of birds, schools of fish and swarms of insects are all examples of “active matter” – systems of particles that move on their own without recourse to external forces. Scientists have long ...

Here's the rub with friction -- scientists don't really know how it works. Sure, humans have been harnessing the power of friction since rubbing two sticks together to build the first fire, but the ...

From flocking birds to swarming molecules, physicists are seeking to understand 'active matter' — and looking for a fundamental theory of the living world. First, Zvonimir Dogic and his students took ...

Drops of gel full of a protein mix can move themselves, mimicking a key feature of life. The mobile drops could one day have medical uses, and might help untangle the laws that govern how patterns ...

If you think about it, our bodies are really just systems of individual, microscopic components that are out of equilibrium because they consume energy. That's what it's like to be active matter.