Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics

Protein researchCredit: RUB, Kramer Enormous therapeutic potential Researchers consider optogenetics to have enormous therapeutic potential. "It is feasible that light ...

Credit: Copyright Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Hokkaido University. The cycad Cycas revoluta is a palm-like plant that grows on rocky coastal cliffs ...

Credit: Figure adapted with permission from the front cover of ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 2 (4). Copyright © 2019 ...

Credit: Davide Michieletto A process that cells use to unravel knotted strands of DNA - resembling a method used to ...

Study opens the door to developing ultrasensitive analytical devices for medical and sports applicationsCredit: Science Advances Chemists at Tokyo Tech's ...

A U of A study finds a surprising division of labor among motor cortex neurons, which could lead to insight ...

Tokyo - It takes a lot of connections to create human intelligence. Brain function depends on contacts between multiple regions ...

A 100% Québec discovery made at Polytechnique Montréal in partnership with McGill UniversityCredit: Polytechnique Montréal and McGill University FROM CONVENTIONAL ...

Credit: NINS/IMS Na+/H+ antiporters exchange sodium ions and protons across cellular membrane to control pH, ion concentrations and cell volume, ...

Study explores the genetics behind the evolution of flightless birds Since Darwin's era, scientists have wondered how flightless birds like ...

New deep-learning approach predicts protein structure from amino acid sequence Nearly every fundamental biological process necessary for life is carried ...

Credit: Micrograph by Stephanie Crofts; specimen (c)Field Museum of Natural History FMNH51658 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A team that studies how ...

Using a powerful X-ray imaging system, Brown University scientists found that catfish move joints throughout their head in a concerted ...

Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University In order to understand the brain, scientists must be able ...

Researchers forge new computational tools to make more accurate predictions of protein structuresCredit: Rice University/Wikipedia HOUSTON - (April 15, 2019) ...

Credit: Picture: American Academy of Arts and Sciences The field of optogenetics was named "Breakthrough of the Decade" by the ...

Researchers combine CRISPR gene-editing technology with drug discovery to understand why treatment works (or doesn't)Credit: The Armed Forces Institute of ...

Thanks to a little inspiration from the Disney movie 'Frozen,' researchers discover a new property of supercooled waterCredit: Joshua E. ...

Vorticella autonomously converts its linear motion to rotationCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A research team ...

Method developed by scientists in Brazil and Canada can prevent transmission of diseases to organ recipients; the number of transplants ...