📣 For this month's klogW seminar, DSNP is excited to host Prof. Heinrich Jaeger (University of Chicago) on October 14 at 12 PM ET with a talk titled:
"Self Assembling Matter with Sound"
Register here: apsphysics.zoom.us/webinar/r…
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🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 APS Fellows! DSNP extends its heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected Fellows of the @APSphysics recognized for outstanding contributions to physics, original research and exceptional service to the cause of science. #APS #Physics #DSNP
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This month, we feature work by Xiuhe Yan, Tabitha C. Watson, and Hongyi Xiao: “Densely packed particle raft at vertically vibrated air-water interface.”
At higher packing fractions, the raft’s emergent elasticity becomes increasingly important.
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Particle transport crosses from diffusive to subdiffusive as the packing fraction increases. At higher amplitudes, cavitation leads to coexisting free-surface waves and thermal-like motion.
Read: journals.aps.org/pre/accepte…
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📚 As a new academic year starts, another season of the klogW seminars kicks off!
We are thrilled to host Prof. Mehran Kardar (MIT) for a seminar on September 8 at 12 PM ET titled:
“Boundaries, inclusions and disorder in active matter”.
Register here: apsphysics.zoom.us/webinar/r…
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The study explains why polar and equatorial regions behave differently and connects tilted local models with fully 3D spherical-shell convection.
Read in Geophysical Research Letters:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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📣 DSNP Early-Career Spotlight: Trevor GrandPre!
Trevor recently became an Assistant Professor at WashU. His research group studies how living systems organize and give rise to collective behavior.
Suggestions for who we should feature next? Email us at [email protected]
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Wang et al. demonstrate a topological mechanical metamaterial with robustly directional fracture across notch geometries, opening routes to programmable, damage-resistant materials.
Read the paper:
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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📅Join us next Tuesday, June 9 at 12 PM EST for the next klogW seminar featuring Jonas Veenstra (ENS Lyon) and Matthew Leighton (Yale University).
Don’t miss this chance to hear from two outstanding early-career researchers!
Details and signup link here:
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📌 We are thrilled to host Sidney Redner (Santa Fe Institute) for our next klogW seminar on May 12 at 12PM EST on "First-Passage Processes with Applications to Resetting-Driven Optimization, Wealth Sharing, and Forest Fires" 🔥
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📣 Image of the Month: we are pleased to feature Sarthak Gupta and his recent paper on Physical Review Research: journals.aps.org/prresearch/…
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