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Saturday Morning Physics | The Physics of Active Matter

Suraj Shankar, Assistant Professor (U-M Physics)
Saturday, March 28, 2026
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
170 & 182 Weiser Hall Map
Birds flock. Bees swarm. Fish school. These natural collective behaviors emerge in a new kind of matter - active matter - made not of atoms and molecules but of entities that consume energy to generate their own motion and forces. I will discuss how advances in the exciting field of active matter are helping us understand grand challenges in biology, and begin to answer an age-old question: What makes matter come to life?

Hybrid Lecture: In-person and via YouTube at https://myumi.ch/15zPM
Building: Weiser Hall
Website:
Event Type: Presentation
Tags: Graduate Students, Smoke-free, Undergraduate Students
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Saturday Morning Physics, Department of Physics