The bluest of blue: A new algae-based switch is lighting up biological research!
Researchers have identified a novel ion channel from a species of alga growing on land, that can be switched on ...
Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics
Structure gives insight into how plants keep their “mouths” shut
Credit: IGDB Stomata, formed by a pair of kidney-shaped guard cells, are tiny pores in leaves. They act like mouths ...
Force transmission between cells orchestrates collective cellular motion
Credit: Amin Doostmohammadi How do the billions of cells communicate in order to perform tasks? The cells exert force on ...
Researchers uncover activation mechanism of a cell growth protein that can trigger cancer
Credit: Thorsten Mohr There are many different types of cancer, but they all have one thing in common: errors in ...
Patching up your health
Researchers at Osaka University and JOANNEUM RESEARCH develop ultrathin self-powered e-health patches that can monitor a user's pulse and blood ...
Study paves the way for new photosensitive materials
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Photocatalysts are useful materials, with a myriad of environmental and energy applications, ...
Next generation of swimming biobots can self-train, showing striking speed and strength
Credit: IBEC Robotics field aims at mimicking what natural biological entities have achieved throughout millennia of evolution - actions like ...
Water muting with THz optoacoustics: A breakthrough for biomedical applications
The terahertz optoacoustic signal of water can be manipulated by adjusting temperature to allow detection of solutes, such as ions, ...
New model describes the (scaling) laws of the jungle
Credit: Illustration: Mesa Schumacher for the Santa Fe Institute A forest looks like a hotbed of randomness, with trees and ...
Tiny cat-sized stegosaur leaves its mark
Credit: Kamitoge A single footprint left by a cat-sized dinosaur around 100 million years ago has been discovered in China ...
Medically savvy smartphone imaging systems
Development of smartphone-based imaging systems for medicine and healthcare can be optimized by newly published guidelines for holistic assessmentCredit: Hunt ...
HIV has been had
Credit: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - A team of scientists led by the Institute of Biomaterials and ...
Petra Fromme honored with the prestigious Anfinsen Award
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Arizona State University researcher Petra Fromme has received the 2021 Christian B. ...
Lighting the way to folding next-level origami
Recent findings by Slovenian and German scientists artfully explore potential to transform proteins into custom-made structuresCredit: Credit: Fabio Lapenta / ...
Blood vessel formation in damaged tissues with mussel adhesive protein
Credit: POSTECH Blood vessels deliver nutrients and oxygen to each organ in our body. They are difficult to completely restore ...
Popeye with a whiff of rotten eggs
Credit: Huimin Ye An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Professor Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna and ...
New method offers insights into tension-sensitivity of potassium channels
Experiments with a novel time-lapse system show that potassium channel exhibit hysteresis in their responses to membrane tensionCredit: Masayuki Iwamoto ...
Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons
Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory ...
Heavy water tastes sweet
Credit: Carmelo Tempra / IOCB Prague Ordinary pure water has no distinct taste, but how about heavy water - does ...
Curbing coronavirus spread in enclosed spaces means better masks, adequate ventilation
Findings show leakage of airborne droplets escaping from masks even when just breathingCredit: Venugopal Arumuru/Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar WASHINGTON, ...