Category: Sinusoidal waves

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

Navigating the Depths of Hydrozoan and Bryozoan Physical Design Solutions  

Skeletons, Locomotion, Medusoid jet propulsion, Hydrodynamics, Feeding mechanisms, Nematocytes

Aizaz Ahsan Wahla, Ocean Burland, Dante Daniel Garcia Perez, Jessica Michalski

Nature’s Aquatic Ballet: The Physics and Synchronization of Schooling Fish 

Fish, Shoal, School, Synchronization, Hydrodynamics

Anne-Sophie Roy, Emma Warner, Hoi Ching Wat, Lucas Yatcyshyn

The Physical Basis of Coral Reefs 

Maureen Awad, Evan Chow, Luke Gailloux, Rylee McKay, Adrian Yehia

Tiny but Mighty: The Incredible Physics of Bees 

Bee, Flight, Dance, Navigation, Electroreception, Thermoregulation, Defence

Tzu-Yu Hung, Alysha Kutuzyan, Katarina Simanic, Steven Yang

Clinging to Survival: The Physics of Limpets and Barnacles 

Barnacles, Limpets, Shells, Adhesion, Feeding mechanisms, Motility

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

The Biophysics of Volvox

Protist, algae, hydrodynamic interaction, phototaxis, embryo inversion

Robinson Libman, Meryem Louni, Ryan McGibbon, Ali Najjar

How mathematics governs the nature of tentacles

Tentacles, muscles, simulations, geometry, cylinders, flagella

Yousif Al Shajlawi, Henry Bain, Charles Barakett, Julianna Bede