Madhu Venkadesan
m-v.bsky.social
Madhu Venkadesan
@m-v.bsky.social
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Technology shouts for itself; science is more abstract and subtle. We cannot assume that the value of science is self-evident to the public.

In "How Science Speaks", we will hear how scientists and science writers communicate complex ideas about the history and practice of science to non-experts.
December 12, 2024 at 5:58 AM
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Our work on solute-mediated colloidal vortices and focusing is now out in PRL. doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
March 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The incredible Henry Bennet-Clark passed away recently, but his wonderful science will continue to inspire.

www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/dr-henry-ben...

He wrote numerous amazing papers, including on how fleas jump so high:

scholar.google.com/scholar?q=au...

#biomechanics #obituary #stcatz
Dr Henry Bennet-Clark (1934–2025) - St Catherine's College
Dr Henry Bennet-Clark (1934–2025) St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dr Henry Bennet-Clark, Emeritus Reader...
www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A paper that adds a crucial piece to our understanding of how biological joints came to be.
February 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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It took more than a century to hire the first woman professor in Cornell history department?
as.cornell.edu/news/history...
History department honors first women hired
The centerpiece is a wall-size homage to three of the first women hired and McGraw itself, drawn by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.
as.cornell.edu
February 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines and 2nd LokoAssist Symposium
TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, July 8th-11th, 2025
www.tu-darmstadt.de/lokoassist/h...
AMAM25
AMAM/LokoAssist 2025
www.tu-darmstadt.de
January 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I wrote an invited commentary on the soil plastisphere for the InterPore Journal. The nexus of bacteria, biofilms, and microplastics has significant environmental implications with LOTS of unknowns and opportunities. ipjournal.interpore.org/index.php/in...
November 28, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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What a week, huh?
January 24, 2024 at 10:27 AM