Active matter can have macroscopic properties that defy the usual laws of hydrodynamics. Now these tell-tale properties have been traced down to the non-equilibrium character and handedness of interactions between individual particles.
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Pietzonka, P. The oddity of active matter. Nat. Phys. 17, 1193–1194 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01318-9
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