Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics

August 26, 2020

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer A team led by Steven L. Miller Chair professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the ...

Sandwich catalysts offer higher activity and durability

August 26, 2020

Credit: In Su Lee (POSTECH) Sandwich is the food concocted by the 18th-ceuntry nobles to play card games uninterrupted. Meat ...

Bacteria could survive travel between Earth and Mars when forming aggregates

August 26, 2020

Tanpopo mission addresses the possibility of natural interplanetary transport of microbial life called panspermiaCredit: JAXA/NASA Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as ...

Using light’s properties to indirectly see inside a cell membrane

New imaging technique helps resolve nanodomains, chemical composition in cell membranesCredit: Washington University in St. Louis For those not involved ...

Scientists create protein models to explore toxic methylmercury formation

Credit: Connor Cooper, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy. A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge ...

Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering

Credit: Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, Indian Space Research Organisation WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 -- Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a ...

Polymers prevent potentially hazardous mist during dentist visit

During a pandemic, the problem of aerosolized saliva droplets at a dentist's office is acute. Thanks to polymer viscoelasticity, dentists ...

Before eyes open, they get ready to see?

Spontaneous retinal waves can generate long-range horizontal connectivity in visual cortexCredit: KAIST A KAIST research team's computational simulations demonstrated that ...

Protein ‘chameleon’ colors long-term memory

Rice, UTHealth study adds details to mechanisms responsible for memoryCredit: Center for Theoretical Biological Physics/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 24, ...

Machines rival expert analysis of stored red blood cell quality

New AI strategies automate assessments of stored blood, remove human subjectivityCredit: Minh Doan, Joseph Sebastian, Tracey Turner, Jason Acker, Michael ...

Large molecules need more help to travel through a nuclear pore into the cell nucleus

Model systems based on virus capsids have shown how large biomolecules are able to penetrate a cell nucleus / The ...

Beam me up: Researchers use ‘behavioral teleporting’ to study social interactions

NYU Tandon professor Maurizio Porfiri 'teleports' behavior of live zebrafish from one tank to another in real time, allowing researchers ...

New syringe technology could enable injection of highly concentrated biologic drugs

Researchers have designed a simple, low-cost device for subcutaneous injection of viscous formulations.Credit: Images courtesy of the researchers and edited ...

Dinosaurs’ unique bone structure key to carrying weight