Research
Active-flow-driven DNA remodelling generates millimetre-scale mechanical oscillations
Nature · By Maya Levanon ·
The Brief
- Study in Nature Physics reports that active flows can entangle DNA polymers.
- The work describes a non-equilibrium transition from disordered turbulence to periodic oscillations at millimetre scale.
- The source is a published online article dated 9 November 2026 (doi 10.1038/s41567-026-03505-y).
Why it matters
It shows how active matter flows can reorganise polymer networks into coherent mechanical oscillations, a mechanism relevant to active matter physics and soft-matter research.
Who’s affected
- physicists working on active matter and soft matter
- researchers studying DNA polymer mechanics
- #active matter
- #dna
- #soft matter
- #non-equilibrium physics
- #oscillations
Nature Physics, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03505-y Active matter can exhibit turbulent or coherent flows. Now it is shown that active flows can entangle DNA polymers, leading to a non-equilibrium transition from disordered turbulence to periodic…
Timeline
Study published online in Nature Physics
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Active-flow-driven DNA remodelling generates millimetre-scale mechanical oscillations