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Collective Hydrodynamics of Swimming Microorganisms: Living Fluids

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Collective motion and density fluctuations in bacterial colonies

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Organized flight in birds

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On the swimming of a flexible body in a vortex street

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Wing–wake interaction reduces power consumption in insect tandem wings

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Vortex wake and flight kinematics of a swift in cruising flight in a wind tunnel

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Stability of a coupled body–vortex system

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Anomalous Hydrodynamic Drafting of Interacting Flapping Flags

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