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Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Cross-disciplinary research at the interface between the physical and life sciences. This is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.
 <p><b>Cover image</b><br />A soap bubble layer resting on a surface solution of water, washing-up liquid and glycerine in a glass pyrex bowl. Soap bubble configurations are useful for understanding the science of ‘packing’, how things fit together, which is particularly pertinent for the materials sciences. Bubbles’ self-organisational phenomena is well researched and documented historically and continues today. Foams &amp; Complex Systems Group, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin. Credit: Mrs Kym Cox, Royal Society Photo Competition Entry 2019 ‘Micro-Imaging’.</p>

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Professor Richard Cogdell FRS
Frequency: Monthly
ISSN (Online):1742-5662

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Journal of The Royal Society Interface

When to kill a cull: factors affecting the success of culling wildlife for disease control

Culling wildlife to control disease can lead to both decreases and increases in disease levels, with apparently conflicting responses observed, even for the same wildlife–disease system. There is therefore a pressing need to understand how culling design ...Read more
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Jumping dynamics of aquatic animals

Jumping out of water is a phenomenon exhibited by a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animals. Yet, there is no common groundwork that clarifies the physical constraints required to jump out of water. In this study, we elucidate the physical conditions ...Read more
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Urban geography and scaling of contemporary Indian cities

This paper attempts to create a first comprehensive analysis of the integrated characteristics of contemporary Indian cities, using scaling and geographical analysis over a set of diverse indicators. We use data of urban agglomerations in India from the ...Read more
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Social information and spontaneous emergence of leaders in human groups

Understanding the dynamics of social networks is the objective of interdisciplinary research ranging from animal collective behaviour to epidemiology, political science and marketing. Social influence is key to comprehending emergent group behaviour, but ...Read more

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Journal of the Royal Society Interface

J. R. Soc. Interface welcomes articles of high quality research at the interface of the physical and life sciences. It provides a high-quality forum to publish rapidly and interact across this boundary in two main ways: J. R. Soc. Interface publishes research applying chemistry, engineering, materials science, mathematics and physics to the biological and medical sciences.

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