Read article: Physical forces explain why some COVID variants are more virulent than others
Biomechanical stability of bonds between the spike protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its receptors on human cells helps explain rapid spread of certain variants
Read article: Molecular measuring stick could advance super-resolution microscopy
New PicoRuler device tests the resolution capabilities of microscopes down to sub-10 nm length scales
Read article: Viruses change structure at the temperature of the human body to better infect us
Neutron scattering technique reveals important phase changes at 37°C that make viral DNA more fluid-like
Read article: Through turbulent skies: how fluid dynamics experts are uncovering the secrets of bird flight
A series of talks at the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting reveals how different species handle challenging flying conditions
Read article: Modelling a single cancer cell in a sea of blood
Attendees at the SC23 conference heard how supercomputing is being used to investigate how cancer spreads throughout the body
Read article: Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two pioneers in their fields
Read article: Study in astronauts could improve health in space and on Earth
Long-duration spaceflights deplete red blood cells and bone, but the body recovers with the help of fat stored in the bone marrow
Read article: Brownian motion study shows real tears are more viscous than artificial ones
Technique could lead to improved treatments for dry eye syndrome and other medical conditions
Read article: Physicists track biochemical reactions in Darwin’s ‘warm little ponds’
Femtosecond-scale observations of ionizing urea molecules in an aqueous environment could shed light on the origins of life
Read article: Soft-matter physics helps reveal whether cancers are likely to spread
Cell unjamming in breast tumours is found to correlate with the development of distant metastases
