Zheng Zhu, Xiaoqing He, Houshuo Jiang, andQuan-Xing Liu*,Turbulent mixing through aggregation-driven bioconvection inEffrenium voratum,Physics of Fluids, 2025 (37): 075128 .DOI: 10.1063/5.0268880
Coverage:Scilight 2025, 281106 (2025):How phytoplankton aggregation drives turbulence and promotes ecological cooperation
Cheng Li, Man-Ting Guo, Xiaoqing He*,Quan-Xing Liu*, and Zhi Qi*,Biomolecular condensates bridge experiment and theory of mass-conserving reaction-diffusion systems in phase separation,Structure, 2025 (33): 1-14, DOI:10.1016/j.str.2025.05.018.[Code@GitHub].
Wensi Hu, Lijuan Cui, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Ricard Solé, Sonia Kéfi, Miguel Berdugo, Nuo Xu, Bo Wang,Quan-Xing Liu*, and Chi Xu*,Causes and consequences of disordered hyperuniformity in global drylands,PNAS, 2025 (122): e2504496122.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504496122.
Zheng Zhu, Bernard Hallet, Andras Sipos, Gabor Domokos, Aileen Yingst, andQuan-Xing Liu*,Dispersed pebbles on Mars: An unexpected setting for hyperuniformity,JGR-Planet2025, under review.arXiv:2312.13818.
Renfei Chen, P. Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza, Suping Xiao, Pu Jia,Quan-Xing Liu*, and André M. de Roos,Marine reserves promote cycles in fish populations on ecological and evolutionary time scales,PNAS, 2023 (120): e2307529120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.230752912, [Code at Github] and [Code at figshare].
Jiayan Nie , Yifei Cui*, Kostas Senetakis, Dan Guo, Yu Wang, Guodong Wang, Peng Feng, Huaiyu He, Xuhang Zhang, Xiaoping Zhang, Cunhui Li, Hu Zheng, Wei Hu, Fujun Niu,Quan-Xing Liu, Anyuan Li,Predicting residual friction angle of lunar regolith based on Chang’e-5 lunar samples,Science Bulletin, 2023 (68): 730-739.
Kang Zhang, Jiaguo Yan, Qiang He, Chi Xu*, Johan van de Koppel, Bo Wang, Baoshan Cui*, andQuan-Xing Liu,Self-organized mud cracking amplifies the resilience of an iconic ‘Red Beach’ salt marsh,Science Advances, 2023 (9): eabq3520. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abq3520. [Code at GitHub] [Data]
In the news：Science Podcast;Copernicus Verified;
Koen Siteur,Quan-Xing Liu*, Vivi Rotschäfer, Tjisse van der Heide, Max Rietkerk, Arjen Doelman, Christoffer Bostrom, and Johan van de Koppel*,Phase-separation physics underlies new theory for the resilience of patchy ecosystems,PNAS, 2023 (120), e2202683120. DOI:10.1073/pnas.220268312. [Code at GitHub]
科普介绍:相分离理论: 连接物理学与宏观生命世界;Commentary by Pierre Couteron[PDF];集智俱乐部
Bo Wang, Kang Zhang,Quan-Xing Liu*, Qiang He, Johan van de Koppel, Shuqing N. Teng, Xinyu Miao, Maosong Liu, Mark Bertness, Chi Xu*,Long-distance facilitation of coastal ecosystem structure and resilience,PNAS, 2022 (119), e2123274119. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2123274119. [Code at GitHub]
In the news:ScienceNet.cn;Research Highlight by Nature Ecology & Evolution;
Zhenpeng Ge andQuan-Xing Liu*,Foraging behaviors lead to spatiotemporal self-similar dynamics in grazing ecosystems,Ecology Letters, 2022, 25(2):378-390. DOI:10.1111/ele.13928
In the news:ScienceNet.cn;澎湃新闻;ECNU news;
Hao Huang, Chi Xu, andQuan-Xing Liu*,'Social distancing’ between plants may amplify coastal restoration at early stages,Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022, 59(1):188-198. DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.14044
Anyuan Li, Norikazu Matsuoka, Fujun Niu, Jing Chen, Zhenpeng Ge, Wensi Hu, Desheng Li, Bernard Hallet, Johan van de Koppel, Nigel Goldenfeld, andQuan-Xing Liu*,Ice needles weave patterns of stones in freezing landscapes,PNAS, 2021 (118): e2110670118. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2110670118. [Code GitHub]
In the news:ScienceNet;中国科学报;ChinaNews;文汇新闻;Technology Networks;
Scientific American,Environmental News Network;Technology Times;Newswise;
Science Daily;ScienMag;Phys.org;Mirage News; Daily Mail;Focus.pl;Technology Times;
Science Alert;True Viral News;MSN;LiveScience;ScienceNews;YouTubefor video;
Junlin Ren, Jianshe Chen, Changlin Xu, Johan van de Koppel, Mads S. Thomsen, Shiyun Qiu, Fangyan Cheng, Wanjuan Song,Quan-Xing Liu,Chi Xu, Junhong Bai, Yihui Zhang, Baoshan Cui, Mark D. Bertness, Brian R. Silliman, Bo Li, and Qiang He*,An invasive species erodes the performance of coastal wetland protected areas,Science Advances, 2021 (7): eabi8943. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi8943.
In the news:Intellasia.net;
Jonathan A. Sherratt*,Quan-Xing Liu, Johan van de Koppel,A Comparison of the “Reduced Losses” and “Increased Production” models for mussel bed dynamics,Buil. Math. Biol., 2021 (83):99. [PDF]. DOI:10.1007/s11538-021-00932-1
Celebrating James D. Murray’s contributions to Mathematical Biology.
Bowen Li, Weiwenhui Liang,Quan-Xing Liu, Shijian Fu, Cuizhu Ma, Qiqing Chen, Lei Su, Nicholas J. Craig, and Huahong Shi*,Fish Ingest Microplastics Unintentionally,Environ. Sci. Technol., 2021 (55):10471-10479. [PDF]. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01753.
In the news:oceanbites;
Mingji Huang,Wensi Hu, Siyuan Yang,Quan-Xing Liu, He-Peng Zhang*,Circular swimming motility and disordered hyperuniform state in an algae system,PNAS, 2021 (118): e2100493118. [PDF]. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100493118.
Commentariesby Prof. Salvatore Torquato, [PDF].
Li-Xia Zhao, Kang Zhang, Koen Siteur, Xiu-Zhen Li,Quan-Xing Liu*, and Johan van de Koppel*,Fairy circles reveal the resilience of self-organized salt marshes,Science Advances, 2021 (7): eabe1100. [PDF] DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1100. [Code at GitHub]
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La Vanguardia;Mysterious Universe;科学·视频.
Quan-Xing Liu*, Max Rietkerk, Peter M.J. Herman, Theunis Piersma, John M. Fryxell, Johan van de Koppel*,Phase separation driven by density-dependent movement: a novel mechanism for ecological patterns,Physics of Life Review, 2016 (19) 107-121. DOI:10.1016/j.plrev.2016.07.009
Commentariesby Prof. Andy M. Reynolds, Dr. Jesse L. Silverberg, Prof. Sergei Petrovskii ,
Prof.Philip Maini(FRS), Prof.Tamas Vicsek(Hungarian Academy of Sciences).
Quan-Xing Liu, Peter M.J. Herman, Wolf Mooij, Jef Huisman, Marten Scheffer, Han Olff and Johan van de Koppel*,Pattern formation at multiple spatial scales drives the resilience of mussel bed ecosystems,Nature Communications, 2014 (5) 5234. DOI:10.1038/ncomms6234. [Code at Github]
Quan-Xing Liu*, Arjen Doelman, Vivi Rottschafer, Monique de Jager, Peter M.J. Herman, Max Rietkerk, Johan van de Koppel,Phase separation explains a new class of self-organized spatial patterns in ecological systems,PNAS, 2013 (110) 11905-11910. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222339110. [Code at Github]
Commentariesby Prof. Frederic Guichard, [PDF].
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