Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics

Credit: Graphic courtesy Michael Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed soft robotic devices driven by neuromuscular tissue that triggers ...

A team of scientists from Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and other collaborator have published ...

Tiny box puts itself together and glowsCredit: Zhan et al., CC-BY A cube one-fortieth the size of a human red ...

Motility is an essential property of many cell types, and is driven by molecular motors. A Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU)in M has ...

Researchers investigate infection dynamics in tissue-like three-dimensional cell culturesCredit: Oliver Fackler / Frederik Graw The spread of pathogens like the ...

Could rat brains hold the secret to giving cars, robots better navigational skills? In a study published in Nature Communications, ...

Tiny devices based on microfluidics could use bodily fluids to analyze and help treat tumorsCredit: Florina Silvia Iliescu WASHINGTON, D.C., ...

Herbs, including cilantro, have long been used as folk remediesCredit: Bo Abbott Herbs, including cilantro, have a long history of ...

Credit: Jose Vazquez, ITG, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Physicists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have ...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine A new study using a special type of electron microscope using samples ...

Kyoto scientists develop a physical biomarker for cornea restoration therapyCredit: Kyoto University/Tomo Narashima Our eyes -- the windows to the ...

For decades, researchers have been debating over which of two mechanisms deactivates switch proteins. Now, a third scenario has emerged.Credit: ...

Neural mechanisms could inspire designs for new skylight-based navigation tools for robotsCredit: Christian Lischka, unsplash. A computational simulation suggests that ...

UMass Amherst, California and Beijing researchers say magnetic field control of floating drops, like Harry Potter's wand, not magic anymoreCredit: ...

DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machinesCredit: Pallav Kosuri/Zhuang Lab/Harvard University Every year, robots get more ...

For bacteria, the neighbors co-determine which cell dies firstCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Bacteria do not simply perish in hunger ...

Credit: Zhenchang Zhu at NIOZ Salt marshes are important habitats for fish and birds and protect coasts under sea level ...

Leveraging computation and mathematics to accelerate biological discovery Join us July 25-26, 2019, at the Allen Institute for Exploring Frontiers: ...

Why did you choose your job? Or where you live? Scientists at the University of Warwick have discovered that it ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists reveal a crystal structure that illustrates a mechanism that powers and possibly starts DNA ...