Category: Migration and Navigation

Marvels of Chemistry: Murmurations and their Chemical Phenomena

Murmurations, Starlings, Chemical Signalling, Visual System, Crowding Behaviour, Metabolism, Guano

Maeve Ding, Matt Levasseur, Nicole Shen, Rachael Zhang

Physarum Polycephalum (Slime Mold): Chemical Properties

Slime Mold, Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reactions, Shuttle Streaming, Nutrition, Plasma Invagination

Olivia Cozariuc, Tamir Kegeles, Ethan Levene, Audrey Pepin

Anchored by Chemistry: The Adaptations of Barnacles and Limpets

Barnacles, Limpets, Organic Matrix, Adhesion, Reproduction, Chemical cues, Defence mechanisms

Laetitia Abdallah, Mohammad Jibran Budullah, Lucas Chan, Ralph El Hajj

The Wasp: Physical Analysis of Body and Movement

Wasp flight mechanics; Compound eye structure; Wake capture; Ovipositor adaptation; Adhesive; Clap-and-fling mechanism; Morphological optimization; Environmental factors; Aerodynamic stability; Evolutionary biomechanics

Andrew Habelrih, Eliot Azar, Malak Zakaria

Physarum Polycephalum (Slime Mold): the Mazerunner

Physarum polycephalum; Slime mold; Tube network; Locomotion; External stimuli; Navigation; Structural integrity; Peristaltic waves; Chemotaxis; Lattice structure

Audrey Pepin, Ethan Levene, Olivia Cozariuc, Tamir Kegeles

Propulsion Through the Life of Salps

Salps; Jet propulsion; Filter feeding; Asynchronous swimming; Epithelial signalling; Carbon cycling; Vortex rings; Chain aggregation; Ocean carbon sequestration

Steven Lin, Stephanie Roy, Daniel Tang, Canyu Wu, Mollee Ye

The Physics of Pistol Shrimp and Antarctic Krill

Pistol Shrimp, Jet propulsion, Energy efficiency, Shockwaves, Antarctic Krill, Pressure Gradient, Cavitation, Hydrodynamic Signaling, Metachronal Stroking, Filtering system

Alaia Krishnan Claveras, Celina Moukarzel, Chloe Chan Lam, Julia Purdue, Lina Benchekor