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Lucy Rowlands

Lucy Rowlands is a PhD student contributor to Physics World, working in the Membrane Biophysics research group at Imperial College London, as part of the Chemical Biology CDT. Lucy is researching targeted liposomal drug delivery systems, with a focus on their physical characterization. When not doing her PhD, she enjoys aerial acrobatics and singing in the college choir.

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Stretchy cardiac implant measures and treats heart disease

Researchers have developed a multifunctional rubbery bioelectronic patch that conforms to the heart surface and beats with the heart

Flexible electronics make their way into the operating room

A flexible surgical tool equipped with soft electronics could improve cardiac surgery

HOT technique produces clear 3D images of biological structures

Harmonic optical tomography, a new type of nonlinear microscopy, can rapidly produce 3D images of biological samples

Bio-bots with spinal cords have natural walking rhythm

Researchers have developed miniature biological robots that move naturally when a spinal cord is added

Physics in the pandemic: ‘Scientists don’t live in a vacuum’

PhD student Lucy Rowlands is creating an ever-expanding list of experiments to do when she can return to the lab

Novel perfusion machine can keep livers alive for a week

A team from Zurich has developed a new perfusion machine that can keep donor livers alive outside of the body for seven days

Breaking the mystery of bone micro-architecture

Researchers discover a feature of bone responsible for its longevity that could lead to advances in ultra-lightweight material design

Magnetic threads slide through blood vessels to reach clots in the brain

Wires coated with magnetic materials and hydrogel can be guided through arteries by magnetic fields

Improvements in brain organoids open new doors in neurological research

Researchers develop reproducible 3D models of neurological tissue as viable tools for neuroscience studies

Non-destructive electron microscopy maps amino acids

A new electron microscopy technique could enable researchers to map out different isotopes in amino acids

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