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Creases as information bottlenecks in active elastic sheets

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Nature Physics, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03332-1

The aneural animal Trichoplax adhaerens undergoes folding and unfolding. Now it is shown that there is a feedback loop between crease geometry and the collective motion of the animal’s cilia.