Catch up on SFI’s first Community Lecture for 2026, Crossroads Democracy Panel.
The panel featured Jenna Bednar, Samuel Bowles, Hahrie Han, Katrin Schmelz, and David Krakauer as moderator. It explored the history, economics, psychology, and politics of democracy.
Watch on SFI’s YouTube channel:
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Are you an early career researcher making advances in phase behavior and/or physical, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties of chemical systems?
Check out Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data's open #CallforPapers 👉 buff.ly/DjHg0Ar
The image is a promotional graphic for an IOP Publishing webinar titled "Celebrating Women in Physics in India." It features a world map highlighting India, an atom symbol, and a calendar icon. Text includes the event date, 23 April at 12:00 IST and 7:30 BST, and notes Professor Shobha Shukla from IIT Mumbai as the panel chair. It invites viewers to reserve their spot.
Come along to @ioppublishing.bsky.social's free webinar where leading women physicists from India share powerful insights into the challenges women face in science, and the real-world impact of their research.
📅 23 April
⏰12PM IST / 7.30PM BST
👉 https://bit.ly/4tb5jxY
Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.
📣 We’re kicking off the first klogW seminar of the year!
Join us on April 21st at 12PM EST for a talk by Douglas Jerolmack (UPenn) — 2026 APS-DSNP Fellow — presenting "Fragility of Soft Earth Materials" 🌎🌍🌏
Registration link: apsphysics.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Light-driven active polar rods self-organize into dynamic collective states. Varying rod aspect ratio and concentration drives transitions between swarming, active turbulence, flocking, and jamming.
New findings in Science reveal how shape anisotropy and physical interactions govern collective motion in active matter, providing design rules for programmable synthetic materials and insight into bacterial swarms.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4tsN0UO
Special issue call for papers: Foundations of Membrane Biophysics: Dedicated to Wolfgang Helfrich.
📣 DSNP Early-Career Spotlight: Megan Engel from University of Calgary! Her research focuses on molecular motors' efficiency—and how to apply these principles to bio-nanotechnology.
Check out the interview below!
Want to suggest who to feature next? Email us at gsnpsocialmedia@gmail.com
Great week at the 2026 APS GPS! 🎉
From celebrating awards to engaging conversations at the signup table—it’s been amazing to see the DSNP community in action.
Thanks to all the organizers! Get involved next year—help organize sessions, volunteer, or bring your ideas.
#APS #PhysicsCommunity #DSNP
Had fun talking with @websedgescience.bsky.social at the #APSSummit26 on how physics & math can explain fashion cycles! @aps-dsnp.bsky.social @stevenstrogatz.com
🚀 Get involved with DSNP! It’s a great opportunity, especially for grad students and postdocs, to grow your network and share new ideas.
📲 Scan the QR code in the slide or follow the link to sign up!
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📣 After a fantastic Squishy Sunday event, the APS Global Physics Summit 2026 has officially started!
Check out the DSNP session schedule below. Come say hi at the DSNP table and get your members-only T-shirt!
#APSSummit2026 #GlobalPhysicsSummit #DSNP #StatisticalPhysics #NonlinearPhysics #APS
🎉 30 years of Statistical & Nonlinear Physics — and we're just getting started!
To mark the transition from APS G to D, @physreve.bsky.social have highlighted the most influential papers that drew the map of the field.
📖 journals.aps.org/over-30-years
#StatisticalPhysics #DSNP #Physics
Come to hear Jonas Veenstra give a presentation on his work at the DSNP awards session at the APS Summit on Thursday March 19, 3:30-6:30 p.m. #APSSummit26 #Physics
At the upcoming Global Physics Summit in Denver, @aps-dsnp.bsky.social will be celebrating our advancement from Topical Group to Division!
To kick the party off, here is a collection of highlights published in @physreve.bsky.social:
journals.aps.org/over-30-years
Interested?
Fill out the volunteer form here, reach out to the executive members, or, come meet us on the DSNP table at #APSSummit26!
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We seek a wide range of voices to help serve our members—from nominating colleagues for honors and awards to helping with social media, highlighting member contributions, sorting abstracts, and shaping future March Meeting sessions...and many more!
Excited for #APSSummit26? We are too!
Come join us, we’re looking for volunteers!
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#StatsPhys #NonlinearPhys
Details 👇
We’re delighted to share a new editorial in
@physreve.bsky.social (PRE) on the DSNP Dissertation Award in #Statistical & #Nonlinear Physics, marking the inaugural year of PRE sponsorship. Congratulations to the winner, 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚, from UvA 🎉
Read more: journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
The selection committee also recognized with an honorable mention, the PhD work of Matthew Leighton, then at Simon Fraser University, entitled “𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴”.
The award honors their “𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴."
🎊 Congrats 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚, Univ. of Amsterdam, recipient of the 𝐃𝐒𝐍𝐏 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 for "𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺" Join and listen to them at the DSNP awards session #APSSummit26
@apsphysics.bsky.social
The call for next month is open to all 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 (students and postdocs). Submit your entry today (details 👇)!
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They examined structure formation in twisted thin-walled tubes (imagine your regular toothpaste tube!), demonstrating that pre-creased, crimped tubes exhibit ribbon-like behavior in both geometry and mechanics.
📸 DSNP is excited to present the very first Image of the Month for 2026!
This month we are featuring “𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞” by Dong, P. et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1103/v95w...
@apsphysics.bsky.social @physreve.bsky.social
Rahul Pandit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
For important contributions to challenging and fundamental problems in statistical and nonlinear physics, and for extensive service to the community.
Douglas Jerolmack, University of Pennsylvania
For pioneering investigations into the universal behaviors governing the formation, failure, and flow of soft earth materials, and for outstanding leadership in building a soft earth geophysics community.
Jorn Dunkel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For pioneering contributions to statistical, nonlinear, and biological physics, notably in understanding pattern formation in soft matter and biology, cell positioning in tissues, and turbulence in active media.
