Nature is a magazine and website published by the Nature Publishing Group. Today I got an email from Jos Stam. Jos is a member of the Autodesk Research team, and his research spans several areas of computer graphics: natural phenomena, physics-based simulation, rendering and surface modeling, especially subdivision surfaces. Jos shared the following article:

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Jos is the brains behind the Nucleus simulation engine that allows designers to experiment with "form-finding" in the conceptual design phase. The Nature article highlights its inclusion in Autodesk Maya as applied to working with bacteria. Whereas the Nucleus engine has always allowed Maya to be great for creating effects like hair and cloth in such blockbusters as Avatar and Tintin, it's rewarding to see Autodesk products like Maya being used to advance the science of medicine and biology in general.

Bacteria are alive in the lab.