Breakthrough-induced loop formation in evolving transport networks

S Żukowski, AJM Cornelissen, F Osselin… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Transport networks, such as vasculature or river networks, provide key functions in
organisms and the environment. They usually contain loops whose significance for the …

The Drosophila tracheal terminal cell as a model for branching morphogenesis

T Gavrilchenko, AG Simpkins, T Simpson… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The terminal cells of the Drosophila larval tracheal system are perhaps the simplest delivery
networks, providing an analogue for mammalian vascular growth and function in a system …

Effects of liquid viscosity and air injection rate on air invasion in a highly compacted granular material

Z Qin, W Huang, J Wang, S Zhang, H Li, H Li - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Using laboratory experiments on a network scale together with numerical simulations on a
granular scale, we investigate the displacement process as air invades a highly compacted …

[PDF][PDF] Ancient Channel-Mouth Bifurcation Angles on Earth and Mars

R Mahon, C Hughes, H Chen… - The …, 2024 - thesedimentaryrecord.scholasticahq …
Channel mouth bifurcation angles on modern river deltas are remarkably consistent with a
theoretical prediction of 72°. However, the persistence of this angle through channel …