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Saturday Morning Physics | The Physics of Active Matter

Suraj Shankar, Assistant Professor (U-M Physics)

Large flock of black birds in formation against a multicolored sky. Image credit: Nick Dunlop, National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/these-birds-flock-in-mesmerizing-swarms-why-is-still-a-mystery) Large flock of black birds in formation against a multicolored sky. Image credit: Nick Dunlop, National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/these-birds-flock-in-mesmerizing-swarms-why-is-still-a-mystery)
Large flock of black birds in formation against a multicolored sky. Image credit: Nick Dunlop, National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/these-birds-flock-in-mesmerizing-swarms-why-is-still-a-mystery)
Birds flock. Bees swarm. Fish school. These natural collective behaviors emerge in a new kind of matter - active matter - made not of atoms and molecules but of entities that consume energy to generate their own motion and forces. I will discuss how advances in the exciting field of active matter are helping us understand grand challenges in biology, and begin to answer an age-old question: What makes matter come to life?

Hybrid Lecture: In-person and via YouTube at https://myumi.ch/15zPM
Large flock of black birds in formation against a multicolored sky. Image credit: Nick Dunlop, National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/these-birds-flock-in-mesmerizing-swarms-why-is-still-a-mystery) Large flock of black birds in formation against a multicolored sky. Image credit: Nick Dunlop, National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/these-birds-flock-in-mesmerizing-swarms-why-is-still-a-mystery)
Large flock of black birds in formation against a multicolored sky. Image credit: Nick Dunlop, National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/these-birds-flock-in-mesmerizing-swarms-why-is-still-a-mystery)

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