Cyborg roses become transistors and logic gates
Conductive polymer turns living plants into electronic devices
Read article: Cyborg roses become transistors and logic gates
Read article: Cyborg roses become transistors and logic gates
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
Read article: Surviving at the extremes: the physics of ‘extremophiles’
Swarming fire ants show solid and liquid properties
New research delves into the mechanics of aggregated fire ants
Read article: Swarming fire ants show solid and liquid properties
Genetic engineering boosts energy transport in artificial photosynthesis
Viral scaffolding allows excitons to travel faster and further
Read article: Genetic engineering boosts energy transport in artificial photosynthesis
Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition?
Physicists explain how to bring a famous thought experiment to life
Read article: Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition?
Do general anaesthetics trigger a phase transition in the brain?
Model suggests tiny change in communication could have large effect on neuron interaction
Read article: Do general anaesthetics trigger a phase transition in the brain?
Protein pulling reveals a new way that molecules resist external forces
Atomic-force-microscopy study could help in the development of protein-inspired machines
Read article: Protein pulling reveals a new way that molecules resist external forces
Eye shape reveals whether animal is predator or prey
Horizontal pupils keep grazers safe, vertical pupils help predators to ambush prey
Read article: Eye shape reveals whether animal is predator or prey
Pushy bacteria create their own superfluids
Collective motion of bacterial swimming could power tiny motors
Read article: Pushy bacteria create their own superfluids
Reptile skin inspires super-slippery steel surfaces
Copying patterns found on snakes and lizards could reduce friction in tiny machines
Read article: Reptile skin inspires super-slippery steel surfaces
