{"669436":{"#nid":"669436","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Physicists solve mysteries of microtubule movers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers are exploring how active matter can be harnessed for tasks like designing new materials with tailored properties, understanding the behavior of biological organisms, and even developing new approaches to robotics and autonomous systems. But that\u2019s only possible if scientists learn how\u0026nbsp;the microscopic units making up active matter interact, and whether they can affect these interactions and thereby the collective properties of active matter on the macroscopic scale. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/roman-grigoriev\u0022\u003ERoman Grigoriev\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eand his research colleagues have found a potential first step by developing a new model\u0026nbsp;of active matter that generated new insight into the physics of the problem. They detail their methods and results in a new\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.abq6120\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E, \u201cPhysically informed data-driven modeling of active nematics.\u201d Lead author of the study is graduate researcher\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matthew-golden-03ba99117?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\u0022\u003EMatthew Golden\u003C\/a\u003E. Co-authors are graduate researcher\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/jyothishraj-nambisan\u0022\u003EJyothishraj Nambisan\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.icrea.cat\/Web\/ScientificStaff\/alberto-fernandez-nieves-280811\u0022\u003EAlberto Fernandez-Nieves\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/web.ub.edu\/en\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Barcelona\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and a former associate professor of Physics at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;(This research was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/worldtimetodays.com\/how-tiny-moving-parts-in-cells-can-teach-us-big-lessons\/\u0022\u003EWorldTimeTodays\u003C\/a\u003E and\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/citylife.capetown\/science\/physicists-solve-mysteries-of-microtubule-movers\/365338\/\u0022\u003ECityLife\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers are exploring how active matter can be harnessed for tasks like designing new materials with tailored properties, understanding the behavior of biological organisms, and even developing new approaches to robotics and autonomous systems. But that\u2019s only possible if scientists learn how\u0026nbsp;the microscopic units making up active matter interact, and whether they can affect these interactions and thereby the collective properties of active matter on the macroscopic scale. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/roman-grigoriev\u0022\u003ERoman Grigoriev\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eand his research colleagues have found a potential first step by developing a new model\u0026nbsp;of active matter that generated new insight into the physics of the problem. They detail their methods and results in a new\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.abq6120\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E, \u201cPhysically informed data-driven modeling of active nematics.\u201d Lead author of the study is graduate researcher\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matthew-golden-03ba99117?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\u0022\u003EMatthew Golden\u003C\/a\u003E. Co-authors are graduate researcher\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/jyothishraj-nambisan\u0022\u003EJyothishraj Nambisan\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.icrea.cat\/Web\/ScientificStaff\/alberto-fernandez-nieves-280811\u0022\u003EAlberto Fernandez-Nieves\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/web.ub.edu\/en\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Barcelona\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and a former associate professor of Physics at Georgia Tech. (This research was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/worldtimetodays.com\/how-tiny-moving-parts-in-cells-can-teach-us-big-lessons\/\u0022\u003EWorldTimeTodays\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/citylife.capetown\/science\/physicists-solve-mysteries-of-microtubule-movers\/365338\/\u0022\u003ECityLife\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-09-05 14:46:54","changed_gmt":"2023-09-11 14:46:53","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Phys.org","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-09-physicists-mysteries-microtubule-movers.html","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"170035","name":"Roman Grigoriev"},{"id":"193012","name":"Matthew Golden"},{"id":"193013","name":"Jyothishraj Nambisan"},{"id":"66681","name":"Alberto Fernandez-Nieves"},{"id":"186555","name":"active matter"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}