Swimming Bacteria and Spinning Electrons
Nature is full of patterns that follow fundamental mathematical rules – from nautilus shells to spiral galaxies, lightning bolts to blood vessels. In the first podcast of 2016, Anand spoke to Prof Raymond Goldstein from the University of Cambridge about the mathematical principles that describe both bacteria and electrons. Raymond is an author on a recent paper in Nature Physics, which explores the patterns of swimming in bacteria, and how they might be related to the spin of electrons in magnetic materials. Music: Chris Zabriskie - I am running down the long hallway of Viewmont Elementary Poddington Bear - Bright White The Fish Who Saved The Planet - Marimbo Little Glass Men - Biolumina Lee Rosevere - Illuminations Ropewalk - Worm and Parcel with the Lay Little Glass Men - Play Pelagic (imported) Image credit: Courtesy of the researchers