Biofilms are aggregates of bacterial cells surrounded by an extracellular matrix. Much progress
has been made in studying biofilm growth on solid substrates; however, little is known …

We examine the full ‘life cycle’ of miscible viscous fingering from onset to shutdown with the
aid of high-resolution numerical simulations. We study the injection of one fluid into a planar …

The effect of permeability heterogeneities and viscosity variations on miscible displacement
processes in porous media is examined using high-resolution numerical simulations and …

Elasticity-driven synchronization in active solids has been predicted theoretically and was
recently realized in a synthetic system. A biological realization is now demonstrated in a …

Bacterial biofilms are formed on environmental surfaces and host tissues, and facilitate host
colonization and antibiotic resistance by human pathogens. Bacteria often express multiple …

In growing active matter systems, a large collection of engineered or living autonomous units
metabolize free energy and create order at different length scales as they proliferate and …

Active nematics are the non-equilibrium analogue of passive liquid crystals. They consist of
anisotropic units that consume free energy to drive emergent behaviour. As with liquid crystal …

Fluid flowing through a deformable porous medium imparts viscous drag on the solid matrix,
causing it to deform. This effect is investigated theoretically and experimentally in a one-…

Biofilms are surface‐associated communities of bacterial cells embedded in an extracellular
matrix (ECM). Biofilm cells can survive and thrive in various dynamic environments causing …

The growth and division of mycobacteria, which include clinically relevant pathogens,
deviate from that of canonical bacterial models. Despite their Gram-positive ancestry, …