A biophysics model describing how cancers spread within the human body could help researchers developing new cancer therapies
Read article: Disordered environments around tumour cells can promote cancer spread
Previous theory of water transport is ruled out
Read article: Venus flytraps snap shut by rapid cell-wall softening
Molecules become magnetic by accumulating iron
Read article: Pigeons’ immune system can sense Earth’s magnetic field, study suggests
Giannis Zacharakis is a biophotonics and biomedical imaging researcher and CEO of the precision photonics spin-off Kymatonics
Read article: Ask me anything: Giannis Zacharakis – ‘The ability to pursue questions that genuinely interest you is a privilege’
Better imaging data point to surface minimization
Read article: String-theory concept boosts understanding of biological networks
Discovery could improve the performance of hovering robots and even artificial pollinators
Read article: Simple feedback mechanism keeps flapping flyers stable when hovering
New calculation of viral spread suggests that rapid elimination of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses is scientifically feasible, though social challenges remain
Read article: Staying the course with lockdowns could end future pandemics in months
David Norman reviews The Physics of Birds and Birding: the Sounds, Colors and Movements of Birds, and Our Tools for Watching Them by Michael Hurben
Read article: Equations, quarks and a few feathers: more physics than birds
Imaging platform visualizes the mechanical forces exerted by embryos implanting in the uterus
Read article: Researchers perform first real-time visualization of human embryo implantation
New holotomography measurements reveal that the tuneable optical properties of these cephalopods come from winding columns of platelets in iridescent cells
Read article: Squid use Bragg reflectors in their skin to change colour
