Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics

Credit: Lorna Dougan/Phospho Animations Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed an approach that could help in the design ...

Nano-scale borate bioactive glass: Next generation material for skin-healing

Credit: MA Kun Recently, with the help of a steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device, scientists constructed nano-scale borate bioactive ...

A protein complex from plant stem cells regulates their division and response to stress

Credit: CRAG A multidisciplinary research team, led by the CSIC biologist at CRAG, Ana I. Caño Delgado, and the physicist ...

Building a better biosensor polymer

Epsilon variant mutations contribute to COVID immune evasion

Studies reveal unprecedented mechanism behind loss of antibody neutralization against this pandemic coronavirus variant of concernCredit: Young-Jun Park, UW Department ...

Decoding electron dynamics

June 30, 2021

A new method for identifying quantum orbits enables photoelectron spectroscopy via tunneling ionization to provide attosecond temporal and subangstrom spatial ...

Through the nano hole: lego technique reveals the physics of DNA transport through nanopores

A new technique established by a team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Massachusetts reveals ...

Butterfly effect can double travel of virus-laden droplets

Small pockets of virus-laden air can detach from an exhaled breath, traveling in a ballistic manner and reaching large distances ...

Turning plastic into foam to combat pollution

Researchers develop a method to reuse previously nonrecyclable plastic WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 -- Biodegradable plastics are supposed to be ...

Pretreating nuisance green algae with lye, urea increases bacterial production of biogas

Two simple compounds break down barriers for circular economy biofuel production WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 - For more than 60 ...

Microfilter device capable of detecting trace amounts of cancer cells in one mL of blood

Top: The device is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. A microfilter device that can easily ...

Keck backs Rice bid to ‘build a brain’

Jacob Robinson lab analyzes connections in hydra to understand neural pathways HOUSTON - (June 28, 2021) - Rice University scientists ...

Spreading of infections = need for collaboration between biology and physics

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, together with epidemiologist Lone Simonsen from Roskilde University form part of ...

Light-sensitive protein in eye of birds is magnetic sensitive as well

Recently, a collaboration of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Universities of Oldenburg (Germany) and Oxford (UK) ...

South Korean team to develop nanofilm-based “cell cage” technology

A research team, led by Prof. Nathaniel S. Hwang and Prof. Byung-gee Kim, from Seoul National University (SNU) and Prof. ...

Protocells spring into action

A University of Bristol-led team of international scientists with an interest in protoliving technologies, has today published research which paves ...

Quantum birds

International team of researchers shed light on the mechanism of magnetic sensing in birds Humans perceive the world around them ...

Synthetic tree enhances solar steam generation for harvesting drinking water

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2021 -- About 2.2 billion people globally lack reliable access to clean drinking water, according to the ...

Researchers discover how the intestinal epithelium folds and moves by measuring forces

The human intestine is made up of more than 40 square meters of tissue, with a multitude of folds on ...

Adjuvant-free avian influenza vaccines in the works