Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics

Cell motility is essential to proper development and to cancer metastasis; now researchers propose a target to control it Cells ...

Thanks to a new $1.8 million grant from The Helmsley Charitable Trust, UT Austin Engineer Hyun Jung Kim will apply ...

Technique opens door for studies of countless hard-to-crystallize proteins involved in health and diseaseCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Using x-rays ...

Credit: RUB, Marquard Using current techniques, Alzheimer's disease, the most frequent cause of dementia, can only be detected once the ...

Bioengineers clear major hurdle on path to 3D printing replacement organsCredit: Photo by Jordan Miller/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 2, ...

New evidence suggests that passive wing flapping may have arisen earlier than gliding flightCredit: Talori et al. Before they evolved ...

Credit: Laura Orellana Glioblastoma is an incurable type of brain tumour that is frequently associated with mutations in the epidermal ...

Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - For emerging wearable tech to advance, it needs improved power sources. Now ...

Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Humans may be forgiven for overlooking bats. After all, many bat species are out and ...

Credit: CNIO Proteins are sometimes described as the building blocks of life; inside cells proteins associate into large macromolecular complexes, ...

How live recordings of neural electricity could revolutionize how we see the brain Red and blue lights flash. A machine ...

Studies suggest that fruit flies which have co-evolved with viruses have greater genetic variation underlying their susceptibility to future infections ...

The University of Missouri study has wide ranging implications, including teaching animal and human surgeonsCredit: University of Missouri A new ...

A unifying theory explaining how bacteria spread in the form of swarms and biofilms adds to our understanding of the ...

UCI engineers develop material with heat regulation propertiesCredit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 29, 2019 - Drawing design ...

James Cook University scientists in Australia say they have the solution for a problem gym-goers have when they combine endurance ...

Groundbreaking effort could help expand donor access to transplantationCredit: University of Maryland Medical Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine BALTIMORE ...

Credit: Manuel Paladín, IRB Barcelona In humans, there are more than 50 types of amino acid transporters, which are responsible ...

Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Negative pressure governs not only the Universe or the quantum vacuum. This phenomenon, although of a ...

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering While studying the chemical reactions that occur in the flow of gases ...