Anaerobic bacteria depend upon a single family of proteins to transfer extra electrons they produce to electric hairs on their surface
Read article: Bacterial nanowires make an electrical grid in the soil
Researchers find that three fish is the minimum number to form a school
Read article: When it comes to fish dynamics, three’s a school
Cicadas are voracious eaters, which results in a lot of urination
Read article: Researchers reveal the fluid dynamics behind cicadas’ ‘unique’ urination
Claire Malone reviews Molecular Storms: the Physics of Stars, Cells and the Origin of Life by Liam Graham
Read article: Explaining the origin of life with physics
More than 13,000 specimens have been scanned with computed tomography for the openVertebrate project
Read article: Spectacular scans of thousands of vertebrate specimens released
Tracking insects’ flight under a range of light conditions reveals that artificial lights confuse insects as to which way is up
Read article: Researchers solve mystery of why flying insects gather at artificial light
The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting sees researchers from over 55 countries come together to discuss the latest advances in the interdisciplinary field of biophysics
Read article: Biophysics breakthroughs take centre stage at annual meeting
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: Physical forces explain why some COVID variants are more virulent than others
New PicoRuler device tests the resolution capabilities of microscopes down to sub-10 nm length scales
Read article: Molecular measuring stick could advance super-resolution microscopy
Neutron scattering technique reveals important phase changes at 37°C that make viral DNA more fluid-like
Read article: Viruses change structure at the temperature of the human body to better infect us
