Soft Math Lab
@Mahadevan_Lab
Followers
2K
Following
6
Media
26
Statuses
92
Always at a junction ...
Cambridge, MA
Joined December 2014
Articulating Paper cuts into art forms Tells stories quietly. For more, see https://t.co/hXAfqC3yBh
0
0
11
and now onto bodies - starting with the experimental exploration of vertebrate gastrulation modes: https://t.co/fSZwIOmU2u, and continuing by recreating a gastrulation morphospace:
science.org
Manipulation of mesendoderm territory and cell behavior recreates distinct vertebrate gastrulation morphologies in the chick.
0
1
9
and then continuing with - the beak of the finch - https://t.co/6l7kOM6NET followed by a broader study of beaks across other avian radiations: https://t.co/O0HCxgkbBl ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
Abstract. Adaptive avian radiations associated with the diversification of bird beaks into a multitude of forms enabling different functions are exemplifie
0
0
2
At last we are at the beginning! Linking natural history and natural philosophy, an evolutionary approach to developmental questions starts with the ... egg (which did come before the chick!):
0
7
40
"It is not birth, marriage or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life'," said Lewis Wolpert. Can one create a gastrulation phase-diagram linking natural history and natural philosophy?... see
seas.harvard.edu
Researchers show how changes in cellular activity can drive changes in embryonic development
0
0
15
Shining steelpan songs, 2d xylophone rhythms, sunsets on islands! Localization landscapes for elliptic operators -> confined eigenmodes -> melodious percussion! Read https://t.co/rUqj7G1usR or hear https://t.co/a2gpqCVAaq
0
1
14
What is the cognitive basis for visual image categorization into small/large, animate/inanimate, faces/places etc.? Robustness -> invariant measures combining geometry + statistics -> contour curvature histograms that are neurally plausible! For more, see https://t.co/iO77jXdKWb
0
0
8
Continuing the story of growth, form, and function of avian beaks, linking natural history to natural philosophy, from finches to honeycreepers ... https://t.co/SuCQBTeFLS
0
2
11
In multi-agent societies, excessive cooperation -> senescence/aging, while excessive competition -> cheating/cancer. So is there an optimal level of competition to delay (the inevitability of) aging? Yes! For more, see https://t.co/hgCy8XlImM
0
6
43
Tenure Track position in Harvard Organismic and Evolutionary Biology - focus on Evolution, including experimental, theoretical, or computational approaches - details here
1
4
5
Tenure Track positions in (i) Harvard Physics - foci include Theory of Soft/Living Matter, Quantum Information Theory - details here https://t.co/eFsSnNdxKz (ii) Harvard Applied Math - foci include Generative AI, Deep Learning - details here https://t.co/wypp8OGMWZ
0
15
31
Artists and scientists of different minds, Studied coiling jets of similar kinds, In helices and spirals they'd both prance, Via a fluidically reinforced romance, Writing and painting through learning that binds. For more, see https://t.co/vbP1f46WIi
1
3
17
Postdoc position. Aim: Quantify consumption and waste production in a 450 person residential community. Approach: design/deploy sensors, statistical analysis and math modeling, outreach. Goal: guiding policy for climate change adaptation. Apply here
0
3
7
Physical intelligence? Emergence of cooperative excavation in ants and r(obotic)ants follows from simple local rules and a malleable environment that is a dynamic communication channel. See
elifesciences.org
Observations of ant excavation from a confining corral, along with theoretical models and synthetic robot experiments show the emergence of cooperation induced by pheromones in a malleable environm...
0
2
23
A saw bent into a J sounds dull. But shape it into an S and it can sing! Why? Because of an inflection line in curvature associated with broken (inversion) symmetry - leading to topologically protected modes. For more, see here
pnas.org
The common handsaw can be converted into a bowed musical instrument capable of producing exquisitely sustained notes when its blade is appropriatel...
0
4
21
Brushing a hair curl links topology, geometry, mechanics and some pain (hopefully not too much!). A minimal model of the process is that of a single tine combing a double helix. For more, see https://t.co/81z5ZJDhui
0
0
15
How can one reconfigure a compact planar shape into another ? And do so without changing any lengths/angles? Kirigami shows a new way ... and also solves an old problem by cutting a circle to square it. See https://t.co/hmA1AUXGBS
0
3
27
Simple neutrally stable structures can be stitched together into assemblies to create (almost) any shape - totimorphs! See https://t.co/TLAbGvg8Ku and https://t.co/b6hy9d4UC5
0
1
28