Venus flytraps snap shut by rapid cell-wall softening
Previous theory of water transport is ruled out
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Pigeons’ immune system can sense Earth’s magnetic field, study suggests
Molecules become magnetic by accumulating iron
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Ask me anything: Giannis Zacharakis – ‘The ability to pursue questions that genuinely interest you is a privilege’
Giannis Zacharakis is a biophotonics and biomedical imaging researcher and CEO of the precision photonics spin-off Kymatonics
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String-theory concept boosts understanding of biological networks
Better imaging data point to surface minimization
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Simple feedback mechanism keeps flapping flyers stable when hovering
Discovery could improve the performance of hovering robots and even artificial pollinators
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Staying the course with lockdowns could end future pandemics in months
New calculation of viral spread suggests that rapid elimination of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses is scientifically feasible, though social challenges remain
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Equations, quarks and a few feathers: more physics than birds
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
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Researchers perform first real-time visualization of human embryo implantation
Imaging platform visualizes the mechanical forces exerted by embryos implanting in the uterus
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Squid use Bragg reflectors in their skin to change colour
New holotomography measurements reveal that the tuneable optical properties of these cephalopods come from winding columns of platelets in iridescent cells
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Hyperdisorder appears in pigment patterns on squid skin
Phenomenon also occurs in critical systems found in statistical physics and is directly linked to the animal’s growth
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