Trees break at fixed wind speed, irrespective of size or species
Critical speed is derivable from a few simple scaling laws
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Physics of brain folding recreated in the lab
Study verifies mechanical explanation for how the human brain folds
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Revealing the network within
Jon Cartwright describes the emerging field of "network physiology", which uses physics to understand how organs communicate
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Polarized light throws birds’ magnetic compass off course
Birds are completely disorientated when light is polarized perpendicularly to the direction of the magnetic field
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Scientists officially ground Spider-Man
Geckos set the size-limit for wall-crawlers
Our favourite pictures of 2015
From bursting balloons and fossils under a laser to visions of Pluto and gravitationally lensed supernovae
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Algae ‘breaststroke’ is synchronized from within
Internal fibres co-ordinate flagella, not fluid forces, say biophysicists
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Cyborg roses become transistors and logic gates
Conductive polymer turns living plants into electronic devices
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Surviving at the extremes: the physics of ‘extremophiles’
Lorna Dougan explains how physicists are helping to unravel the properties of organisms in Earth's least hospitable places
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Swarming fire ants show solid and liquid properties
New research delves into the mechanics of aggregated fire ants
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