Read article: The physics of blood spatter
Probing blood stains after a shooting can help the police find the culprit, but physics is helping the technique to a sounder, more quantitative footing. Sidney Perkowitz explains
Read article: Infection model could explain spread of a curious type of virus, but some scientists disagree
Adding a latent state to the SIR model of infectious diseases has attracted praise and controversy
Read article: 1.1 GHz NMR looks deeper into biological processes
The new 1.1 GHz NMR spectrometer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will enable researchers to study biomolecules with unprecedented resolution
Read article: Nanopore sensing goes electrode free
Technical breakthrough has allowed researchers to make an optical nanopore sensor that does not require any electrical connections
Read article: Treating epilepsy with physics
Louis Nemzer describes how studying the physics of the brain could help people with epilepsy by predicting the onset of seizures
Read article: Brain waves detected in mini-brains grown from stem cells
Cerebral organoids generated from induced pluripotent stem cells produce brain waves that resemble those of preterm babies
Read article: Novel microscopy techniques find needles in ‘big data’ haystacks
Martin Jones describes how instrument scientists like him are developing systems and techniques to help biomedical researchers get the most out of experimental data
Read article: Transplanted stem cells light up and enhance stroke recovery
Transplanted stem cells containing a novel protein are activated by light or specialized molecules to promote functional and structural recovery after stroke in mice
Read article: Bacterial nanostructures act as electron-microscope-compatible gene reporters
Different sized protein structures can be distinguished using electron microscopy, making them high-resolution analogues of the fluorescent reporter proteins used in optical microscopy
Read article: Improvements in brain organoids open new doors in neurological research
Researchers develop reproducible 3D models of neurological tissue as viable tools for neuroscience studies
