Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics

New method could jump-start creation of tiny medical devices for the bodyCredit: A. Strelcov/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of ...

Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19 ...

With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and ...

Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling Often considered the workhorses of the body, proteins are among the most important biomolecules critical ...

Aligning science across Parkinson's initiative supports international project aiming to unravel the biology of a gene linked to Parkinson's diseaseCredit: ...

Credit: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences WASHINGTON -- Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National ...

Researchers say toe springs in shoes may come at a costCredit: Freddy Sichting The toe of most shoes, especially sneakers, ...

'Honey, I shrunk the detector'Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen / Roman Shnaiderman Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical ...

Karen Nolan, PhD, of Kessler Foundation, is site investigator for a multi-site trial of a music-based digital therapeutic device with ...

Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01628 Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures ...

Credit: Saarland University These results from studies in both experimental and theoretical physics may help to improve antibacterial surfaces. The ...

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State university For billions of years, Nature has used DNA like a molecular bank ...

The brain has adaptive noise filters that change with conditions, making signals 20 - 100 percent more accurateCredit: Marija Rudzite, ...

Marine vehicles can reduce friction by mimicking the way aquatic creatures secrete mucusCredit: Hyung Jin Sung WASHINGTON, September 15, 2020 ...

Information about the molecular shape of the viruses that cause COVID-19, SARS, and MERS reveals structural similarities that suggest possible ...

Credit: Image courtesy: Tong Wang Imagine harnessing evaporation as a source of energy or developing next generation actuators and artificial ...

National Institutes of Health backing Rice's Chong Xie to refine flexible nanoelectronics threadCredit: Xie Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 14, ...

UNIGE scientists have demonstrated that cellular tissues are deformed by buckling (or bending under the action of compression), a phenomenon ...

Quantum thermometer using nanodiamonds senses a 'fever' in tiny worms C. elegansCredit: Masazumi Fujiwara, Osaka City University A team from ...

Credit: Wen Li Engineers from Michigan State University have secured $3.4 million in grants to develop diamond implants that could ...