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  • Caterina La Porta and Stefano Zapperi discuss how a suitable identification of the control and order parameters can shed light on the nature of phase transitions in cell migration.

    • Caterina A. M. La Porta
    • Stefano Zapperi
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature Reviews Physics
    Volume: 2, P: 516-517

  • The sheer number of parameters in deep learning makes the physical interpretation of failure predictions in glasses challenging. Here the authors use Grad-CAM to reveal the role of topological defects and local potential energies in failure predictions.

    • Francesc Font-Clos
    • Marco Zanchi
    • Stefano Zapperi
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 13, P: 1-11

  • Misfolded protein accumulation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases. Here Budrikis et al. model protein aggregation in the endoplasmic reticulum and show that it is the result of a non-equilibrium phase transition caused by tipping the balance from the rates of protein production to degradation.

    • Zoe Budrikis
    • Giulio Costantini
    • Stefano Zapperi
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 5, P: 1-8

  • Efficient strategies to optimize metamaterial design for specific applications are urgently needed despite the rapid progress in this area. Here the authors propose a computational method combining an optimization algorithm with discrete element simulations for the automatic design of mechanical metamaterial actuators.

    • Silvia Bonfanti
    • Roberto Guerra
    • Stefano Zapperi
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-10

  • The geometry of mechanical metamaterials is designed to achieve specific functions, often taking inspiration from biological structures. This Perspective article argues that disorder, commonly observed in nature but traditionally avoided in metamaterials, provides interesting and unexplored design opportunities.

    • Michael Zaiser
    • Stefano Zapperi
    Reviews
    Nature Reviews Physics
    Volume: 5, P: 679-688

  • Brilliant scientists of all ages should be able to thrive at universities. Mandatory retirement is, therefore, a form of age discrimination, but its removal or postponement can come at a cost to younger faculty members, as observed in Italy.

    • Francesco Sylos Labini
    • Stefano Zapperi
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature Physics
    Volume: 3, P: 582-583

  • The stress that a material can sustain before fracture increases as the sample size decreases. This size effect is associated with the defects present in a material. In this Review, we explore this size effect in micro- and nanoscale materials from experimental and theoretical perspectives.

    • Alessandro Taloni
    • Michele Vodret
    • Stefano Zapperi
    Reviews
    Nature Reviews Materials
    Volume: 3, P: 211-224