High -resolution measurements for coherent flows from cell groups. Credit: Benjamin E. Andersen and others physics.
In new Nature Physics TicketThe researchers provided evidence of global identical persistence in living biological cells. They show that a global feature in collective behavior appears in groups of living cells.
The researchers studied four cellular systems to find evidence of global identical stability. Despite his separation from billions of years of development, researchers have found that all four systems generate spiral similar flow patterns with identical statistical properties.
PHYS.ORG spoke to one of the authors participating in the study, Dr. Amin Dustumohamdi, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen.
“When you move a cup of water, you see a vortex that is formed and disappears. Something is similar when bacteria or human cells move collectively; they are also vortex patterns,” he said.
“What was amazing for us was to find that all these different cells are offered all these types of symmetry known as the corresponding stability in their rounded patterns. This means that their collective movement follows the same statistical patterns, even when you enlarge, extend or reshape them.”
Collective behaviors and CFT
Collective movement appears due to the specific properties of individual components. This includes their interaction, movement and response to the stimuli.
The emerging characteristics resulting from one system to another, which makes it difficult to study the comprehensive principles that govern the collective movement – if exist.
In previous studies, researchers were able to identify global behaviors near critical systems in non -living systems such as minerals or alloys.
These global behaviors are described by the CFT theory, which is a strong sporty framework. CFT can be applied to the angle preservation systems and the preservation of the angle, which are often seen in critical points (such as phase changes).
“Understanding how to organize the same living matter is one of the largest puzzles that were not resolved in science. Our inspiration came from a bold question: Could there be global laws, such as those in physics, governing how cells are self -regulating?” Dr. Dustumohamdi said.
Four different live systems analysis
The researchers studied wild bacteria cells, a mutant breed of the same bacteria, dogs cells in dogs, and aggressive human breast cancer cells.
The four systems represent a wide range of cells (nuclei and nucleus realities) with different movement mechanisms and cellular properties.
For each system, the researchers created monochromatic of the cells and followed their movement using high -resolution imaging. Then the resulting speed fields were analyzed to calculate the course, which represents the local rotation at a point.
Three representative groups of the positive vortex to clarify the methods used in our analyzes of the vicinity of the perimeter and a half of the lime diameter. credit: Nature Physics (2025). Second: 10.1038/S41567-02791-2
As for the zero vortex areas – which represent the borders in which the circulatory behavior of the regime changes – they made mathematical analyzes. This included the measuring the fracture dimension, the testing of whether the lines follow the evolution of the Schramm-Lowner (SLE), and the reckoning of the corners of the winding.
“The red lupus is a theory that is usually used in physics to describe filtration, magnetism, and even aspects of quantum gravity,” said Dr. Dostuddi.
In Sle, fixed curves are compatible with one parameter κ, which defines specific global groups showing similar emerging behaviors.
The researchers also developed a simple account model to summarize the same patterns seen in the four systems, indicating that these global characteristics appear naturally from collective dynamics regardless of cellular details.
Global nomination category
The researchers found that the teacher κ was measured to be six four systems. This belongs to the universal nomination category – the same category that describes the movement of particles or liquids through a porous mediator, such as water that flows through a porous rock.
“This discovery indicates that on the basic level, the living matter is regulated by the same according to international laws – the laws that apply to the tree of life, from bacteria to human cells with very different biology and very different morphology,” Dr. Dostamdei pointed out.
This discovery of global compatible biology with theoretical mathematics and physics concepts.
This is more clearly universal, given that these biological systems work away from balance, and consumes energy constantly to maintain its movement – contrary to balance situations where such global behaviors are usually observed in physics and mathematics.
Looking at the future, Dr. Dustumohamdi notes that this work can help improve our understanding of the development of cancer, healing wounds and the development of tissues. In addition, new methodologies can inspire artificial biology and regenerative medicine.
Not only that, but these biological systems can now serve as experimental platforms for CFT prediction testing, which are primarily limited to theoretical simulation and number.
More information:
Benjamin H. Andersen et al, evidence of global conformity in living biological materials, Nature Physics (2025). Second: 10.1038/S41567-02791-2.
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