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Read article: Modelling a single cancer cell in a sea of blood Biophysics Research update 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 Biophysics Podcasts 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 Biophysics Research update 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 Biomaterials Research update 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’ Spectroscopy Research update 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 Biophysics Research update 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
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