Cooling of liquid crystal elastomers reveals twinned microstructures under cross-polarizers at specific angles. This captivating picture is from the Gallery of Soft Matter poster by Morgan Barnes and John Biggins from University of Cambridge: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Within seconds witness the magic of hexagonal closely packed crystals emerge with dry powder and a stroke of PDMS. This image is from the Gallery of Soft Matter poster by Kai Sotthewes and Ignaas Jimidar from University of Twente and VU Brussel: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Cooling and heating kiln to mimick marine organisms and create hierarchical glassy tissue structure. Picture from the Gallery of Soft Matter poster by C. Delli-Santi, G. Madhu, K. Efrein. P. Suraneni and V. N. Prakash from University of Miami: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Are you organizing a workshop, conference, or other soft matter related meeting? DSOFT offers event sponsorship to help you host your event. Events focused on early-career researchers are especially welcome. How to apply: engage.aps.org/dsoft/honors/p…

Meet Vimentin, who boosts cell rigidity and helps with wound healing, while playing bodyguard to the nucleus. Picture from the Gallery of Soft Matter poster by R. Saldanha, M. T. H. Thanh and M. Swoger from Syracuse University: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Early career DSOFT members – are you going to a workshop, summer school, or conference? Don't forget that the Future Investigator Travel (FIT) Award is available to help fund your registration, travel, and lodging costs! Apply here: engage.aps.org/dsoft/honors/p…

Simulating pH-sensitive hydrogels reveals beautiful polymer structures and precise swelling control. Picture from Gallery of Soft Matter poster by D. Beyer, P. Košovan and C. Holm from Uni of Stuttgart and Charles Univ: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Packing of circles is determined by the chosen radius distribution. A colorful image from the Gallery of Soft Matter poster by D. J. Meer, I. Galoustian, J. G. de Falco Manuel and E. R. Weeks from Emory: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

A model using anharmonic springs and local force dipoles reveals how increasing force roughens pressure domain boundaries. Mesmerizing image from the Gallery of Soft Matter poster by K. Malakar and B. Chakraborty from Brandeis University: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

New simulations to explore the nonequilibrium physics behind the formation of condensates during the cell cycle. Colorful image from the Gallery of Soft Matter poster by K. Hertäg and T. Speck from University of Stuttgart: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Curious to learn more about the science behind the winning entries for the 2024 Gallery of Soft Matter? Find out more in our PRE editorial! journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/1…

Frustrated antiferrotoroid from paramagnetic colloids with disordered and degenerate coupled states. Pictures of lattices from Gallery of Soft Matter poster by C. Rodriguez-Gallo, A. Ortiz-Ambriz, C. Nisoli and P. Tierno: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Fiber-reinforced composites containing mechanophores reveal stress hotspots as it deforms. Colorful images from Gallery of Soft Matter poster by N. Haque and C. S. Davis from Purdue University and University of Delaware: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

On a vibrating liquid bath, asymmetric floating objects coordinate spins... like synchronized swimmers! Check out the elegant Gallery video by Jack-William Barotta, Giuseppe Pucci, Alireza Hooshanginejad, Eli Silver, and Daniel M. Harris from Brown: engage.aps.org/dsoft/gallery/…

Check out the affordable tracking microscope ChBE @ Georgia Tech's Saad Bhamla's lab created! #frugalscience b.gatech.edu/4dHDuW8

See how we register today for #SoR2024 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX? We do it now before the block hotel rooms and banquet tickets vanish. Very demure. Very cutesy. Very mindful. rheology.org/sor/Annual_Mee…

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