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Liquid Matter Comes to Barcelona: Abstracts for LMC 2027 Close on December 20
The 13th Liquid Matter Conference meets in Barcelona from 4 to 9 July 2027. Abstracts close on 20 December 2026 — the autumn deadline worth putting in your calendar now.
Make the Swimmer Longer and the Swarm Changes: Shape Anisotropy in Active Rods
Light-driven colloidal rods reorganize into swarms, turbulence and jams as their aspect ratio and crowding change. One experiment maps the whole state diagram.
A 70-Year-Old Dispersion Law Meets Self-Propelled Swimmers
Does the classic Taylor-Aris dispersion law survive when the particles swim on their own? A microfluidic experiment with live microalgae says yes.
When Particles Synchronize and Swarm — A Tunable Colloidal Swarmalator
A new colloidal experiment lets researchers dial a single knob and switch between synchronized clusters, rotating aggregates, and dispersed phases — the first fully tunable swarmalator system in the lab.
Sensory Delay as a Feature: Janus Microswimmers That Adapt to Light and Chemistry
New Janus microswimmers self-regulate propulsion speed in response to light and dissolved chemicals. A built-in sensory delay makes their localization sharper, not slower.