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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 19d

Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋

The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize

Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19d

This work was recently #published @aip-publishing.bsky.social in a special issue on "Kitchen Flows":

G. Bartolucci et al., "Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce", Phys. Fluids. 37, 044122 (2025)

doi.org/10.1063/5.0255841

Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce

“Pasta alla Cacio e pepe” is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19d

Huge congratulations @gbart.bsky.social, Daniel M. Busiello, Matteo Ciarchi, Alberto Corticelli, Ivan Di Terlizzi, Fabrizio Olmeda, Davide Revignas, @vicioms.bsky.social l from the entire @mpipks.bsky.social community for ensuring that our cacio e pepe sauce will avoid the dreaded mozzarella phase!

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19d

IG Nobel Prize in #Physics 2025 to @mpipks.bsky.social researchers for elucidating the phase behaviour of cacio e pepe sauce. The work highlights how physics can also be applied to solve daily-life problems!

nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03045-0

Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research

The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19d

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19d

Passive morphogenesis of the gut: work by @zhaoshh.bsky.social @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social and collaborators at Princeton University, @flatironinstitute.org now #published @pnas.org:

doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122

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Ricard Alert Zenón @ricardalert.bsky.social · 21d

Very honored to receive this prize from the Spanish Physical Society! Thanks a lot to all my collaborators, who make this possible!

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to @ricardalert.bsky.social on being awarded the "Young Investigator Prize in Theoretical Physics” by the Spanish Royal Academy of Physics and the BBVA Foundation! The award is in recognition of his contributions to biological physics.

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Fallados los Premios de Física RSEF-Fundación BBVA 2025

Conoce a las personas galardonadas en los ámbitos de investigación, las enseñanzas secundaria y universitaria, la innovación, la tecnología y la divulgación

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to @ricardalert.bsky.social on being awarded the "Young Investigator Prize in Theoretical Physics” by the Spanish Royal Academy of Physics and the BBVA Foundation! The award is in recognition of his contributions to biological physics.

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Fallados los Premios de Física RSEF-Fundación BBVA 2025

Conoce a las personas galardonadas en los ámbitos de investigación, las enseñanzas secundaria y universitaria, la innovación, la tecnología y la divulgación

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 22d

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 22d

Bacteria are surrounded by water! New work @natphys.nature.com by @ricardalert.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social & collaborators @ Princeton University shows that water capillary forces organise bacterial colonies into gas, nematic streams, and droplet states.

nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02965-y

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · Sep 5

New #preprint: "Control of lumen morphology by lateral and basal cell surfaces", a great #biophysics collaboration with Chandraniva Guha Ray, @markusmukenhirn.bsky.social, Alf Honigmann @biotec-tud.bsky.social @poldresden.bsky.social.

arxiv.org/abs/2509.04316

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Another #preprint: "Elasticity and plasticity of epithelial gap closure", from the #PhD work of Maryam Setoudeh:

arxiv.org/abs/2509.05110

This one required a lot of (I think) beautiful #mechanics!

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Mechanobiology Institute @mbisg.bsky.social · 27d

Another look at the drosophila wing! Frank Julicher @mpipks.bsky.social looks at how the wing forms within the pupal phase of morphogenesis. He discussed the physics underlying a hexatic crystalline order found in the wing epithelium that is controlled by cell size heterogeneity. #MBIMPG2025

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 22d

Paper alert!🧪
We derive a theory that underpins interface resistance with a physical foundation and look at how it changes droplet growth and recovery kinetics! Awesome collab with @bosste.bsky.social Tyler Harmon @hymanlab.bsky.social @m-pol.bsky.social and Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social 1/4

Transport kinetics across interfaces between coexisting liquid phases

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 22d

Multiple PhD positions available! A new call of our International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Dynamics and Control is now open. We offer a large variety of projects in Physics and Chemistry. Application deadline is October 31st www.imprs-pks.mpg.de/application/...

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Sep 5

#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu for Alexander Wietek @mpipks.bsky.social and his project "MoNiKa: Strong correlation physics in Moiré, Nickelate and Kagome superconductors" - many congratulations!

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Aug 26

#Quantum geometry + Floquet theory = unlocking time crystals, topology, and exotic phases in #physics: work by Paul Schindler and @marinbukov.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social now #published @physrevx.bsky.social:

doi.org/10.1103/7l91-gw77

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Jun 30

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See also the press release (in German) by @hhu.de: www.hhu.de/news-einzela...

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Jun 30

Activity-enhanced elasticity in entangled polymer solutions: research by Christina Kurzthaler @mpipks.bsky.social and collaborators @hhu.de @tuda.bsky.social now published @natcomms.nature.com!

doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60210-9

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Jun 23

New random walk model elucidates hidden spatiotemporal patterns governing the evolution of complex systems: work by Samudrajit Thapa, Holger Kantz @mpipks.bsky.social and collaborators now published @physrevlett.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.197101

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Jun 18

Numerical study by researchers @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social of small ecological communities reveals the importance of the full network structure of ecological interactions for ecosystem stability. News article: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Jun 17

Interaction networks and stability of coexistence in ecological communities: work by @yumeng0806.bsky.social, @szhorvat.bsky.social, @lepuslapis.bsky.social, Carl Modes @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social #published @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2025.101297

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