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Active turbulence given precise definition via non-equilibrium phase transition
Original: Fully developed active turbulence defined through a non-equilibrium phase transition
A study published in Nature establishes fully developed active turbulence through a non-equilibrium phase transition, providing a rigorous framework for the chaotic flows seen in active matter such as bacterial suspensions and cytoskeletal networks. By framing the onset of this turbulence as a phase transition, the work connects a messy biological phenomenon to established statistical physics and should guide future modelling and experiments.
Why now: The Nature paper offers physicists a new theoretical definition of active turbulence, a topic of growing interest in non-equilibrium and soft matter research.
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