In Spring of 2014, GSOFT was founded, the topical group on soft matter. The first official GSOFT meeting, held during the 2015 March meeting, generated a roughly 50% increase in the number of submitted soft matter abstracts over previous years. After existing for just one year, its now gained support from over 900 members.
"Soft matter has no fundamental overarching theories. The challenge in soft matter is to pose the right questions, make the right measurements, and find patterns in the materials that nature has provided."
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