Tag: phase transition

Illustration of cardiac cells synchronizing to produce first heartbeat through collective electrical activity

Heart’s First Beat Emerges From Collective Cellular Synchronization, Not Single Pacemaker

A new Nature study reveals that the heart's first beat emerges from collective synchronization of many cells crossing an electrical…

GMJ Perspectives Desk

16/08/2026

Diagram showing transition from individual electrically active heart cells to tissue-level synchronisation producing the first coordinated heartbeat

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Heart’s First Beat Emerges From Collective Synchronisation, Not a Single ‘Starter Switch’

Scientists have identified that the heart's first beat emerges from collective electrical synchronisation of many cells crossing a critical threshold…

GMJ Perspectives Desk

02/08/2026

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