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Unravel the rotational and translational behavior of a single squirmer in flexible polymer solutionsat different Reynolds numbers 

Qi, Kai; Zhou, H.Y.; Corato, Marco de; Stratford, Kevin; Pagonabarraga Mora, Ignacio (Data de publicació: 2026-03-18)

Microorganisms such as bacteria and algae navigate complex fluids, where their dynamics are vital for medical and industrial applications. However, the influence of the Reynolds number (Re) on the transport and rotational ...

Protocol for tailored in vitro neuronal networks on high-density microelectrode arrays with polydimethylsiloxane microstructures 

Haeb, Anna-Christina; Yamamoto, Hideaki; Roach, Paul; Merryweather, Daniel; Sato, Y.; Tornero, Daniel; Soriano i Fradera, Jordi (Data de publicació: 2026-03-18)

Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-based high-density microelectrode arrays (HD-MEAs) enable neuronal recordings with high spatiotemporal resolution. However, integrating polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microstructures ...

Multiscale Field Theory for Network Flows 

Mikaberidze, Guram; Artime, Oriol; Díaz Guilera, Albert; D'Souza, Raissa M. (Data de publicació: 2026-03-17)

Network flows are pervasive, including the movement of people, transportation of goods, transmission of energy, and dissemination of information; they occur on a range of empirical interconnected systems, from designed ...

Mapping the structure and function of whole-mount retinal organoids 

Cunquero, Marina; Isla-Magrane, Helena; Castro-Olvera, Gustavo; Soriano i Fradera, Jordi; Marsal, Maria; Mateos, Nicolas; Zufiaurre, Maddalen; Garcia-Arumi, Josep; Duarri, Anna; Loza-Alvarez, Pablo (Data de publicació: 2026-01-26)

Cell therapy is a therapeutic avenue for retinal degenerative diseases. Photoreceptortransplantation faces challenges in obtaining high-quality and mature photoreceptors that caneffectively integrate and function, facilitating ...

Tunable dynamics of flexible magnetic microcrosses: synchronous rotation, breathing and out-of-plane arm overtaking 

Tavacoli, Joe; Stikuts, Andris P.; Dass, Mihir; Liedl, Tim; Tierno, Pietro (Data de publicació: 2026-01-23)

We combine colloidal self-assembly and soft-lithography techniques to realize flexible magnetic microcrosses that can be manipulated via external, time dependent magnetic fields. The crosses are characterized by a central ...

Role of connectivity anisotropies in the dynamics of cultured neuronal networks 

Houben, Akke Mats; García Ojalvo, Jordi; Soriano i Fradera, Jordi (Data de publicació: 2026-01-12)

An inherent challenge in designing laboratory-grown, engineered living neuronal networks lies in predicting the dynamic repertoire of the resulting network and its sensitivity to experimental variables. To fill this gap, ...

Citizen Science initiatives in climate-vulnerable neighbourhoods: a new transdisciplinary approach to tackle sustainability challenges? 

Bonhoure, Isabelle; Perelló, Josep, 1974- (Data de publicació: 2026-01-09)

According to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the summer of 2025 (June 1-August 31) was exceptionally warm across Spain, with an average temperature of 24.2°C on the mainland. This value is 2.1°C above the ...

Modular architecture confers robustness to damage and facilitates recovery in spikingneural networks modeling in vitro neurons 

Sumi, Takuma; Houben, Akke Mats; Yamamoto, Hideaki; Kato, Hideyuki; Katori, Yuichi; Soriano i Fradera, Jordi; Hirano-Iwata, Ayumi (Data de publicació: 2026-01-07)

Impaired brain function is restored following injury through dynamic processes that involve synaptic plasticity. This restoration is supported by the brain’s inherent modular organization, which promotes functional separation ...

Discounting the Distant Future: What Do Historical Bond Prices Imply about the Long-Term Discount Rate? 

Farmer, J. Doyne; Geanakoplos, John; Richiardi, Matteo G.; Montero Matellanes, M. Mikel; Perelló, Josep, 1974-; Masoliver, Jaume, 1951- (Data de publicació: 2025-07-14)

We present a thorough empirical study on real interest rates by also including risk aversion through the introduction of the market price of risk. From the viewpoint of complex systems science and its multidisciplinary ...

Citizen science for social physics: digital tools and participation 

Perelló, Josep, 1974-; Larroya, Ferran; Bonhoure, Isabelle; Peter, Franziska (Data de publicació: 2024-10-22)

Social physics is an active and diverse field in which many scientists with formal training in physics study a broad class of complex social phenomena. Social physics investigates societal problems but most often does not ...

Preparation and Mechano-Functional Characterization of PEGylated Fibrin Hydrogels: Impact of Thrombin Concentration 

López-León, Clara F.; Planet Latorre, Ramon; Soriano i Fradera, Jordi (Data de publicació: 2026-01-09)

Three-dimensional (3D) neuronal cultures grown in hydrogels are promising platforms to design brain-like neuronal networks in vitro. However, the optimal properties of such cultures must be tuned to ensure a hydrogel matrix ...

Spontaneous chiralization of polar active colloids 

De Corato, Marco; Pagonabarraga Mora, Ignacio; Natale, Giovanniantonio (Data de publicació: 2022-04-06)

Polar active particles constitute a wide class of active matter that is able to propel along a preferential direction, given by their polar axis. Here, we demonstrate a generic active mechanism that leads to their spontaneous ...

Role of Time Scales in the Coupled Epidemic-Opinion Dynamics on Multiplex Networks 

Jankowski, Robert; Chmiel, Anna (Data de publicació: 2022-05-20)

Modelling the epidemic's spread on multiplex networks, considering complex human behaviours, has recently gained the attention of many scientists. In this work, we study the interplay between epidemic spreading and opinion ...

Degeneracy and hysteresis in a bidisperse colloidal ice 

Rodríguez Gallo, Carolina; Ortiz-Ambriz, Antonio; Tierno, Pietro (Data de publicació: 2022-04-12)

We use numerical simulations to investigate the low-energy states of a bidisperse colloidal ice, realized by confining two types of magnetic particles into double wells of different lengths. For this system, theoretical ...

Alignment interactions drive structural transitions in biological tissues 

Paoluzzi, Matteo; Angelani, Luca; Gosti, Giorgio; Marchetti, M. Cristina; Pagonabarraga Mora, Ignacio; Ruocco, Giancarlo (Data de publicació: 2022-04-06)

Experimental evidence shows that there is a feedback between cell shape and cell motion. How this feedback impacts the collective behavior of dense cell monolayers remains an open question. We investigate the effect of a ...

A multilevel analytical framework for studying cultural evolution in prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies 

Romano, Valéria; Lozano, Sergi; Fernández López de Pablo, Javier (Data de publicació: 2020-07-09)

Over the past decade, a major debate has taken place on the underpinnings of cultural changes in human societies. A growing array of evidence in behavioural and evolutionary biology has revealed that social connectivity ...

The interconnected wealth of nations: Shock propagation on global trade-investment multiplex networks 

Starnini, Michele; Boguñá, Marián; Serrano Moral, Ma. Ángeles (María Ángeles) (Data de publicació: 2021-04-27)

The increasing integration of world economies, which organize in complex multilayer networks of interactions, is one of the critical factors for the global propagation of economic crises. We adopt the network science ...

Stationary patterns in star networks of bistable units: theory and application to chemical reactions 

Kouvaris, Nikos E.; Sebek, M.; Iribarne, A.; Díaz Guilera, Albert; Kiss, I. Z. (Data de publicació: 2017-06-23)

We present theoretical and experimental studies on pattern formation with bistable dynamical units coupled in a star network configuration. By applying a localized perturbation to the central or the peripheral elements, ...

Opinion competition dynamics on multiplex networks 

Amato, Roberta; Kouvaris, Nikos E.; San Miguel, Maxi; Díaz Guilera, Albert (Data de publicació: 2017-12-15)

Multilayer and multiplex networks represent a good proxy for the description of social phenomena where social structure is important and can have different origins. Here, we propose a model of opinion competition where ...

Increasing power-law range in avalanche amplitude and energy distributions 

Navas Portella, Víctor; Serra, Isabel; Corral, Álvaro; Vives i Santa-Eulàlia, Eduard (Data de publicació: 2019-11-14)

Power-law-type probability density functions spanning several orders of magnitude are found for different avalanche properties. We propose a methodology to overcome empirical constraints that limit the range of truncated ...

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