Fundamental discoveries for future nanotools: Chemists distinguish multiple weak forces
Credit: Image by Shuichi Hiraoka, CC-BY-ND The process of building a tiny cube has revealed some of the fundamental mysteries ...
Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics
National Academy of Inventors elects Pitt’s William J. Federspiel as Fellow
Pitt Bioengineer recognized for life-saving artificial lung technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Dec. 11, 2019) ... With 12 issued U.S. ...
Smits wins Batchelor Prize
Alexander J Smits of Princeton University has been awarded the 2020 Batchelor Prize for seminal contributions to the understanding of ...
She uses mushroom enzyme and light to create green chemicals
By combining nature's own reactions, Associate Professor Selin Kara from the Department of Engineering at Aarhus University aims to develop ...
Insects’ drag-based flight mechanism could improve tiny flying robots
An experiment involving gluing a tiny thrip's wing to a self-sensing microcantilever was confirmed using 3D computational fluid dynamics simulationsCredit: ...
Green hydrogen: Research to enhance efficiency
HZDR experiment comes up with important steps towards optimizing water electrolysisCredit: HZDR / Stephan Floss Laboratory experiments and a parabolic ...
Speedy and precise multicolor imaging of biomolecules now possible
Credit: Ryota Iino, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan. For the first time, researchers can track ...
Modern technology and old-fashioned legwork solve science mystery
Video shows single-cell organism making complex decisionsCredit: Image credit: Joseph Dexter and Sudhakaran Prabakaran/Current Biology. HANOVER, N.H. - December 5, ...
Multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebrates
Researchers unveil multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebratesCredit: Simone Macrì and Nicolas Di-Poï, University of Helsinki. ...
WFIRM scientists push bioprinting capability forward
Two materials used at once better fabricate trachea constructsCredit: Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, -- Dec. 4, 2019 -- Wake Forest ...
Texas Heart Institute Heart doctor elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Physician entrepreneur and pioneer inventor recognized for contributions to the field of cardiac electrophysiologyCredit: Texas Heart Institute/Joe Brewton HOUSTON, TEXAS ...
Through the eyes of animals
Credit: Emily Guevara and Cedric van den Berg Humans are now closer to seeing through the eyes of animals, thanks ...
The impact of molecular rotation on a peculiar isotope effect on water hydrogen bonds
Unveiling two deuteration effects on hydrogen-bond breaking process of water isotopomersCredit: NINS/IMS The physicochemical and biological properties of hydrogen-bonded systems ...
SUTD-led research sets the groundwork for patient-specific 3D printed meniscus
SUTD together with the University of Miyazaki developed a novel methodology to provide non-invasive analysis of meniscal implants.Credit: SUTD The ...
Scientists now know what DNA’s chaperone looks like
Credit: Liu et al. 2019 It's long been known that the proteins that package DNA, like students at a high ...
Chemical herders could impact oil spill cleanup
Chemical herders, which are used to concentrate oil spills for cleanup via burning, are shown to have effect on wave ...
Scientists dissect and redesign protein-based pattern formation
Dissecting self-organising protein systems step by step may help scientists design the process of biological pattern formation from minimal ingredientsCredit: ...
Scientists clarify light harvesting in green algae
Credit: Dr. LIU Zhenfeng's group Algae are indispensable because they generate about 50% of primary organic matter and account for ...
Key to rubustness of plants discovered
Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz In every weather situation, plants need to be robust and flexible at the same time. ...
Anchored by a dense neighborhood: What stops cells from going astray
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have ...