During a fruit-fly egg cell’s early development, its internal fluid begins to swirl in a vortex. This transition is caused by the coordinated behavior of elastic filaments in the cell, according to new research from scientists at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Biology and the University of Cambridge.
What We're Reading
Jan
13
2021
A Vortex in an Egg Cell, Physics
Dec
07
2020
Fresh Data from Gaia Galaxy Survey Gives Best Map Ever of the Milky Way, Scientific American
During a virtual 'Gaia Sprint' hackathon last week, astronomers — including Adrian Price-Whelan of the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics — pored through new data, hoping to unlock some of our galaxy’s most intriguing secrets.
Viewpoint: Small Cavities Make Noisy Homes for Light, Physics
Noise from temperature fluctuations may limit the performance of small optical cavities for quantum computing applications.
Dec
01
2020
Advancing Research in Basic Science and Mathematics
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