Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics

March 10, 2020

A platform designed for coculturing a neurosphere and muscle cells allows scientists to capture the growth of neurons toward muscles ...

The Protein Society announces DiversifyProteinScience

Credit: DiversifyProteinscience CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the ...

Advanced optical imaging technique may lead to structure-guided drug design

Credit: Ken Scar, Clemson University CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A Clemson University College of Science researcher, together with a team of researchers ...

Smart scaffolding to monitor tumor growth in real time and controlled environments

CIC biomaGUNE researchers have achieved significant progress in the 4DbioSERS project, funded by the European Research Council to the tune ...

Strong signals show how proteins come and go

Rice University bioscientists develop chromosome-level detectors to track activity in cellsCredit: Segatori Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 9, 2020) ...

Powering devices goes skin deep

Credit: 2020 KAUST Soft and flexible materials can be used to ultrasonically charge bioelectronic implants, which could help to reduce ...

Thinking in acids and bases

March 6, 2020

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki and Toyohashi University of Technology in Toyohashi develop a probe ...

Scientists monitored brains replaying memories in real time

NIH study suggests our brains use distinct firing patterns to store and replay memoriesCredit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS In ...

Tissue-digging nanodrills do just enough damage

Scientists advance case for use of molecular machines to treat skin diseasesCredit: Thushara Galbadage/Biola University HOUSTON - (March 5, 2020) ...

Two-faced bacteria

Texas A&M researchers discover previously unknown response within gut microbiotaCredit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Mar. 2020, 201916974; ...

Understanding how the brain predicts could make treating autism easier

Credit: J.F. Podevin WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Our brains make our lives easier by predicting what will happen next based ...

X-ray eyes peer deeper into deadly pathogen

Credit: James Zook Tularemia is a rare but often lethal disease. It is caused by one of the most aggressive ...

Study shows low carb diet may prevent, reverse age-related effects within the brain

March 4, 2020

Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, March 4, 2020 - A study using neuroimaging led by Stony Brook University ...

Using molecules to draw on quantum materials