New boost for high-brightness dyes research
Credit: StabiLux StabiLux Biosciences, a spin-out company from research conducted at Michigan Technological University, has received an additional $500,000 supplementary ...
Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics
SPIE Neurophotonics event to showcase latest neuroscience research
The mini-symposium will present a wealth of neuroscience-related optical technology and applicationsCredit: SPIE On 30 October, SPIE, the international society ...
COVID-19: Distancing and masks are not enough
Decades-old data is being used to describe the propagation of tiny droplets; now a fluid dynamics team has developed new ...
COVID-19 cough clouds in closed spaces
How COVID-19 cough clouds travel in the presence and absence of face masksCredit: Amit Agrawal and Rajneesh Bhardwaj WASHINGTON, October ...
Keeping COVID-19 out of classrooms: Open windows, use glass screens in front of desks
Aerosol spread of virus in classrooms with air conditioning poses issues for students, teachersCredit: Khaled Talaat WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 ...
No stain? No sweat: Terahertz waves can image early-stage breast cancer without staining
Team of researchers at Osaka University make key breakthrough towards on-site cancer diagnosisCredit: Osaka University A team of researchers at ...
Novel mechanical mechanism of metastatic cancer cells in substrates of different stiffness revealed
Credit: HKUST During metastasis, cancer cells actively interact with microenvironments of new tissues. How metastatic cancer cells respond to new ...
Scientists voice concerns, call for transparency and reproducibility in AI research
International scientists are challenging their colleagues to make Artificial Intelligence (AI) research more transparent and reproducible to accelerate the impact ...
DNA-peptide interactions create complex behaviours which may have helped shape biology
Researchers find that simple DNA-peptide interactions create a surprising diversity of compartmentalised higher-ordered phase behaviours, suggesting that these polymers' primordial ...
Scientists replicated self-cleaning anti-reflective coating of insects’ eyes
Credit: Mikhail Kryuchkov, Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Department of Pharmacology ...
Scientists shed new light on mechanisms of malaria parasite motility
The first X-ray structures of the molecular complex that allows malaria parasites to spread disease highlight a novel target for ...
Layer of strength, layer of functionality for biomedical fibers
Polymer fibers with layers of different properties have a wide variety of promising biomedical applications, including the creation of antiviral ...
A new approach to analyzing the morphology of dendritic spines
Scientists examined a novel approach to analyzing the dendritic spine shapes and suggest considering the clusterization approach.Credit: Peter the Great ...
Primates aren’t quite frogs
Spinal modules in macaques can independently control forelimb force direction and magnitudeCredit: The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Japan ...
Tetrahedra may explain water ‘s uniqueness
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at ...
UMD researchers use artificial intelligence language tools to decode molecular movements
Algorithms--like the ones that fill in words as people type--can learn to predict how and when proteins form different shapes.Credit: ...
Bacterial cellulose degradation system could give boost to biofuels production
Credit: NINS/IMS Efforts to find ways to break down cellulose, the tough stuff that makes up plant cell walls, faster ...
Stem cell sheets harvested in just two days
Credit: POSTECH Stem cells are cell factories that constantly divide themselves to create new cells. Implanting stem cells in damaged ...
Stress-free gel
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers in the Institute of Industrial Science at ...
Terahertz zaps alter gene activity in stem cells
A new apparatus improves how we study the effects of aiming high-field terahertz radiation at cells, with implications for regenerative ...