Recent research challenges the conventional division between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’ molecules within cells, showing that structural ‘muscle’ molecules can also process information and make decisions…
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Research by Koen Martens focuses on understanding the speed and efficiency of DNA repair mechanisms in the human body. His development of TARDIS software has…
A new study reveals that sea squirt oocytes use internal friction to undergo developmental changes post-conception, drawing an interesting parallel to a potter shaping clay.…
Scientists have developed an innovative algorithm to solve equations of active matter theory, providing insights into how biological materials like cells and tissues attain their…
Artistic representation of a neuron’s interior resembling a factory assembly line: worn-out protein spheres are being replaced and upgraded by newer, vibrant protein spheres. Credit:…
Unlocking the secrets of neuronal function: a universal workflow. Blue Brain has introducesd a universal workflow using evolutionary algorithms to create accurate neuronal models. This…
Assembly theory bridges the gap between physics and biology in explaining how complex objects are identifiable as products of evolution and how reusability of parts…
Concept of artificial chloroplasts and mitochondria within a liposome for self-sustaining energy generation through photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Credit: Biological Interface Group, Sogang University Assessing…
A sharpshooter insect forming a urine droplet before it catapulting it high acceleration. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Tiny insects known as sharpshooters excrete by…
Model to estimate skeletal kinematics. Credit: Julia Kuhl A new technique has been developed to track and measure the movement of skeletons in freely moving…
Illustration of cancer cells. With help from the best tweezers in the world a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has shed new…
Device offers insights into artificial muscular pumps, a step toward building an artificial heart. Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have…
Photoactive chloride pumping through the cell membrane captured by time-resolved serial crystallography: Chloride ions (green spheres) are transported across the cell membrane by the NmHR…
This fluorescence microscopy image shows yeast vacuoles that have undergone phase separation. Credit: Luther Davis/Alexey Merz/University of Washington Membranes are crucial to our cells. Every…
A DNAzyme (red) uses its binding arms to dock at a specific location on an RNA strand (yellow) and then cleaves it at its core.…
Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used methods…
A simple mechanism could underlie the growth and self-replication of protocells—putative ancestors of modern living cells—suggests a study publishing today (September 3, 2021) in Biophysical…
Tardigrades walk in a manner closely resembling that of insects 500,000 times their size. Credit: Jasmine Nirody Plump and ponderous, tardigrades earned the nickname “water…
Ant mandibles pack a powerful bite, thanks to embedded atoms of zinc. Credit: Robert Schofield | University of Oregon Atomic-scale imaging reveals tiny animals use…
University of Washington and Microsoft researchers have introduced a new class of reporter proteins that can be directly read by a commercially available nanopore sensing…