Subject

Mathematics and computing

Research, reviews and commentary in mathematics and computing.

PhysicsChemistryAstronomy and planetary scienceMaterials science

1 article

Review Article Open access

Active matter: from bacterial swarms to robot collectives

Systems made of self-propelled units—from cells to robots—obey shared physical principles that are only now coming into focus.

Aisha Ivanova, Leila Kim … Priya Raman

Lumen 3, 21–30 (2026)