The pressure sensor of the venus flytrap
Credit: (Picture: Ines Kreuzer, Soenke Scherzer / University of Wuerzburg) All plant cells can be made to react by touch ...
Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics
Researchers find why ‘lab-made’ proteins have unusually high temperature stability
Credit: NINS/IMS Bioengineers have found why proteins that are designed from scratch tend to be more tolerant to high temperatures ...
Natural environmental conditions facilitate the uptake of microplastics into living cells
University of Bayreuth study: A coating of biomolecules may act as a kind of Trojan horse that allows plastics to ...
Lung ultrasounds could help determine COVID-19 outcome
Credit: Umberto Sabatini MELVILLE, N.Y., December 10, 2020 -- For some, COVID-19 can result in severe pneumonia or even death, ...
Getting the right grip: Designing soft and sensitive robotic fingers
Scientists make a big leap in development of soft robotic grippers by integrating sensing mechanisms into 3D printable fingersCredit: Ritsumeikan ...
Higher body temperatures still a factor in patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis
A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures ...
Magnetic bacteria as micropumps
Credit: Photograph: Science Photo Library Cancer drugs have side effects, so for many years, scientists have been exploring ways to ...
Deep rooted — mother’s empathy linked to ‘epigenetic’ changes to the oxytocin gene
Modification of the oxytocin gene is correlated with personal distress, an emotional response related to empathy, scientists showCredit: Akemi Tomoda ...
Health Affairs: Reprocessing single-use med devices boosts circular economy for hospitals
Researchers find healthcare supply chains major sources of pollution and greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: Association of Medical Device Reprocessors Regulated medical ...
Protein storytelling to address the pandemic
New computational tools developed at Stony Brook University help characterize protein structures and identify new treatments for COVID-19Credit: Lucy Fallon, ...
Photonics meets surface science in a cheap and accurate sensor for biological liquids
Credit: Timur Ermatov et al/Light: Science & Applications Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up ...
TTUHSC’s Sutton receives grant to continue work on potential lupus treatment
Credit: TTUHSC The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) recently named R. Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Cell ...
The helix of life: New study shows how ‘our’ RNA stably binds to artificial nucleic acids
Credit: Yukiko Kamiya As medical research progresses, traditional treatment protocols are being rapidly exhausted. New approaches to treat diseases that ...
Predicting breast cancer recurrences
Credit: Dr. Howard R. Petty A new tool combining traditional pathology with machine learning could predict which breast cancer patients ...
Understanding bacteria’s metabolism could improve biofuel production
Study reveals how cells control what they produce after eatingCredit: PNNL A new study reveals how bacteria control the chemicals ...
Cell membranes in super resolution
Credit: (Picture: Sauer group / University of Würzburg) Expansion microscopy (ExM) enables the imaging of cells and their components with ...
Sensors for a ‘smart’ wound bandage may track healing, immune response: Study
Credit: Olja Simoska et al/ACS sensors Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have presented a proof-of-concept ...
AI-based ‘OxyGAN’ is a robust, effective method to measure tissue oxygen levels
New AI-based algorithm processes tissue oxygenation data faster and more accurately than conventional techniquesCredit: SPIE Tissue oxygenation is a measure ...
Molecular ‘barcode’ helps decide which sperm will reach an egg
A study in mice provides insights on the processes that determine which sperm will reach an egg to fertilise it, ...
The shorter the delay, the more effective the neurofeedback
Credit: by Michail Dmitriev (HSE University) HSE University scientists have for the first time in the world investigated the impact ...