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A team of University of Amsterdam (UvA) researchers has demonstrated that activity can fundamentally alter one of the most important phase transitions in soft matter physics.

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University of Amsterdam

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University of Amsterdam (UvA) researchers, Twan Hooijschuur, Sara Jabbari-Farouji
What
A team of University of Amsterdam (UvA) researchers has demonstrated that activity can fundamentally alter one of the most important phase transitions in soft matter physics.
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:00:02 GMT · 6h 47m ago
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University of Amsterdam ·
Why
The UvA research team shows that activity does much more than merely introduce additional motion.
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This research suggests living systems may use activity to regulate their organization, potentially leading to new adaptive materials that can switch between ordered and disordered configurations.

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