Tiny gelatinous blobs spin perfect pirouettes in the water – their movement whipping up a force that attracts their neighbors. As enough of them gather together, this synchronized dance aligns them into precise six-sided, ordered, repeating pattern
Fakhri, MIT physicist Tzer Han Tan and colleagues study
Each embryo spins itself in a left-handed direction using its hair-like cilia. When enough individuals gather at the surface of the water, spontaneous ripples start flowing through the structure they've formed.Model of the ripples with arrows and color coding to indicate each embryo's direction.
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