An inspired experimental approach sheds light on the formation of active turbulence in a system of microtubules and molecular motors. The emergent scaling behaviour takes us a step closer to understanding how activity begets turbulence.
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Fraden, S. Turbulent beginnings. Nat. Phys. 15, 311–312 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0439-2
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