Cool paper out today in @JFluidMech Led by Masha Dvoriashyna, with Jaco Zwanenburg, we study how physiological brain motion drives oscillatory cerebrospinal fluid flow and generates steady streaming in the cranial subarachnoid space, with consequences for solute transport. doi.org/10.1017/jfm....

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New paper in PRSA: The magneto-elastic instability of Kirchhoff rings. Twisted elastic rings, Lorentz forces, buckling, bifurcations, and magnetic control of mechanical instability. Great collab over many years! 100% AI-free: suitable for human consumption 😎 doi.org/10.1098/rspa...

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Why is mercury, but not cadmium, a room-temperature liquid? Why is gold, but not silver, yellow? Why are lead-acid batteries better than tin-acid ones? Amazingly, all these are due to relativistic corrections for electrons travelling close to the speed of light! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativ...

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I am looking for a Post-doc in Oxford to work with me on morphogenesis at the cellular scale, with particular emphasis on growth processes and their mechanical and dynamical consequences. Please circulate my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... This bristle is created by a single cell! Let's model it.

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The origin story of eukaryotes has more plot twists than a Hollywood blockbuster! 🧵 Read more in my new review: doi.org/10.1146/annu.... Only in the 1960s were the terms "prokaryote" and "eukaryote" formalized! As originally defined, eukaryotes had complex architectures, prokaryotes did not.

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