Biophysics data on clouds of gas exhaled during coughs and sneezes could shape healthcare responses to the coronavirus pandemic
Read article: Protective equipment against COVID-19 needs to go further, scientists say
Optical add-on enables any wide-field microscope to capture super-resolution images in 3D
Read article: The clever device that can let you see in 3D beyond the diffraction limit
Vortices in starfish eggs resemble those found in quantum fluids
Read article: Spiral patterns in living cells could be used to create biological computers
PhD student Lucy Rowlands is creating an ever-expanding list of experiments to do when she can return to the lab
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Scientists don’t live in a vacuum’
Experimental physicist Giampaolo Pitruzzello describes how he plans to make the most of his time without a laboratory
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Experiments might have stopped, but thinking won’t’
Researchers use light-sheet microscopy to study the behaviour of liquid crystals made up of rod-shaped virus particles
Read article: Thread-like defects in 3D active crystals get a closer look
This week’s podcast is a homemade affair
Read article: Physics joins the fight against the coronavirus, philosophical differences of physics and chemistry, escape to an exotic exoplanet
Curvature across foot plays a crucial role in how humans walk and run
Read article: Transverse arch puts a spring in your step, biomechanics study reveals
Scientists map the path by which a novel type of antibacterial agent is imported into bacteria
Read article: Could bacterial toxins be our next antibiotics?
Mathematical model describes how proteins self-assemble into the amyloid fibrils associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's
Read article: Protein aggregation goes catalytic
