Spider silk can create lenses useful for biological imaging
When properly cured, lenses built on dragline spider silk generate a special type of light jet that can image large ...
Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics
Face mask construction, materials matter for containing coughing, sneezing droplets
Simulated coughs and sneezes from mannequins show higher efficacy in multilayered, well-fitted cloth masks.Credit: CREDIT: Siddhartha Verma, Manhar R. Dhanak ...
Respiratory droplet motion, evaporation and spread of COVID-19-type pandemics
Mathematical model sheds light on the motion and evaporation of respiratory droplets responsible for disease transmissionCredit: Swetaprovo Chaudhuri, Saptarshi Basu, ...
Implants: Can special coatings reduce complications after implant surgery?
Credit: Hala Al Khoury / Uni Halle New coatings on implants could help make them more compatible. Researchers at the ...
Team dramatically reduces image analysis times using deep learning, other approaches
Credit: Harshad Vishwasrao and Damian Dalle Nogare, NIH WOODS HOLE, Mass. - A picture is worth a thousand words -but ...
New 3D model shows how the paradise tree snake uses aerial undulation to fly
The snakes which comprise the Chrysopelea family are the only known limbless vertebrates capable of flight. Scientists have known this, but ...
Scientists devise gentle technique to study heart tissue functioning
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues have proposed a ...
Spraying ethanol to nanofiber masks makes them reusable
Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, masks have become an essential personal hygiene ...
Process for ‘two-faced’ nanomaterials may aid energy, information tech
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...
X-rays size up protein structure at the ‘heart’ of COVID-19 virus
Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Argonne ...
Scientists found out how nanoparticles kill cancer cells
In the authors' opinion, this research will help to treat oncologyCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Scientists from the Immanuel ...
3D printed insoles offers new hope for patients with diabetes
Scientists from Staffordshire University claim that new 3D printed insoles can significantly improve the foot health of people suffering with ...
The tug-of-war at the heart of cellular symmetry
May the forces be within your cellsCredit: Kyoto University/Makito Miyazaki Japan -- Symmetry and asymmetry are fundamental properties of nature. ...
Tour scores prestigious Centenary Prize
Rice University chemist's achievements earn top Royal Society of Chemistry honorCredit: Royal Society of Chemistry HOUSTON - (June 24, 2020) ...
Researchers use electric fields to herd cells like flocks of sheep
Credit: Video courtesy of the researchers; GIF by Neil Adelantar Princeton researchers have created a device that can herd groups ...
Levitating droplets allow scientists to perform ‘touchless’ chemical reactions
Credit: Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00929 Levitation has long been a staple of magic tricks and movies. But in the ...
Innovative smartphone-camera adaptation images melanoma and non-melanoma
Innovative research published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical Optics suggests low-cost, accessible diagnostic tool for skin cancerCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, ...
Virtually captured
Biomechanical analyses and computer simulations reveal the Venus flytrap snapping mechanismsCredit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg biologists Dr. Anna Westermeier, ...
This enigmatic protein sculpts DNA to repair harmful damage
Scientists have determined how a protein called XPG binds to and reshapes damaged DNA, illuminating its role in averting genetic ...
Cell removal as the result of a mechanical instability
Credit: Kanazawa University The outer or inner boundaries of organs in the human body are lined with so-called epithelial sheets. ...