Geometry-driven asymmetric cell divisions pattern cell cycles and zygotic genome activation in the zebrafish embryo
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A polyhedral structure controls programmable self-assembly
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Chiral phonons
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Single-cell migration along and against confined haptotactic gradients
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All-optical superconducting qubit readout
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A kicked quasicrystal
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Friction forces determine cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization
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Directed percolation and puff jamming near the transition to pipe turbulence
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Geometry-driven migration efficiency of autonomous epithelial cell clusters
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Self-organization of mortal filaments and its role in bacterial division ring formation
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Through the slopes of a light-induced phase transition
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Melting curve of superionic ammonia at planetary interior conditions
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Probing the onset of quantum avalanches in a many-body localized system
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Unconventional colloidal aggregation in chiral bacterial baths
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Chiral and nematic phases of flexible active filaments
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Superconductivity from a melted insulator in Josephson junction arrays
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Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium
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