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SUMMARY:Nature Inspired Physics: Why Do We Flock Together?
DESCRIPTION:Flocks of birds flying every morning and evening or of ants cra
 wling  in one direction are a common sight. Flocking, a self-organized moti
 on  of vast numbers of individuals of same species in a common direction is
  a  common behavior in many animals like ants, locusts, birds, fishes etc. 
  This talk will bring out how nature inspires us to explore such  fascinati
 ng phenomena in laboratory. As physicists, Prof Dr Ajay Kumar Sood and his 
 team  have tried to understand flocking behavior by working with inanimate 
  asymmetric brass rods made active by placing them on rapidly vibrating  su
 rface amongst spherical beads. They have discovered that a small  number of
  active particles can coherently transport a large passive  cargo, which th
 ey believe is potentially relevant in biological systems.  Professor Dr Aja
 y Kumar Sood will present his recent studies on how to  separate active par
 ticles with same size but with different activities.  His experiments will 
 bring out novel emerging issues in systems out of  equilibrium. He will dis
 cuss how the experiments may be able to shed  light, for example on the unf
 ortunate phenomena of stampede, which has  been earlier ascribed as a fluid
  dynamics problem.\n\nProfessor Dr Ajay Kumar Sood is President of the Indi
 an National  Science Academy (INSA) and Professor for Physics at the Indian
  Institute  of Science, Bangalore, India. Leopoldina and INSA have cooperat
 ed  closely over many years, e.g. by jointly organizing scientific  confere
 nces in India and Germany. Prof Sood’s talk is part of the  Leopoldina-INSA
  lecture series, in which high-ranking members of both  academies present t
 heir work to the general public in order to promote  the visibility of Indi
 an and German science.The 2018 lecture is  organized in cooperation with th
 e Indian Embassy in Berlin in their  ongoing effort to promote Indo-German 
 science and research  collaboration.\n\nProgramme\n\n16:00 – 17:00    Meet 
 & Greet (Registration & Refreshments)17:00 – 17:05    Welcome (H.E. Ms Mukt
 a Dutta Tomar, Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany)17:05
  – 17:15    Opening Address (Professor Dr Jörg Hacker, Leopoldina President
 )17:15 – 18:15    Lecture & Discussion (Prof Dr Ajay Kumar Sood, INSA Presi
 dent)18:15 – 18:30    Words of Thanks18:30 – 20:30    Reception\n\nFoto: fr
 eshidea - stock.adobe.com\n\nWeitere Informationen und Anmeldung\n\nDie Ver
 anstaltung richtet sich an alle Interessierten. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfre
 i. Um eine Anmeldung bis Donnerstag, 13. September 2018, wird gebeten.\n\nZ
 ur Anmeldung\n\nMit der Anmeldung zur Veranstaltungen willigen die Teilnehm
 enden ein,  dass ihre Daten ausschließlich für die Organisation der Veranst
 altung  genutzt werden. Während der Veranstaltung werden Fotoaufnahmen gema
 cht.  Die Teilnehmenden willigen ein, dass diese für interne und externe  Z
 wecke der Leopoldina, der Indian National Science Academy (INSA) oder  der 
 Indischen Botschaft genutzt werden.\n\nKontakt\n\nDr. Ruth NarmannStellv. L
 eiterin der Abteilung Internationale BeziehungenTel.: 030 / 203 8997 - 432E
 -Mail: ruth.narmann@leopoldina.org
LOCATION:Berlin
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