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
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: Through turbulent skies: how fluid dynamics experts are uncovering the secrets of bird flight
Attendees at the SC23 conference heard how supercomputing is being used to investigate how cancer spreads throughout the body
Read article: Modelling a single cancer cell in a sea of blood
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two pioneers in their fields
Read article: Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
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: Study in astronauts could improve health in space and on Earth
Technique could lead to improved treatments for dry eye syndrome and other medical conditions
Read article: Brownian motion study shows real tears are more viscous than artificial ones
Femtosecond-scale observations of ionizing urea molecules in an aqueous environment could shed light on the origins of life
Read article: Physicists track biochemical reactions in Darwin’s ‘warm little ponds’
Cell unjamming in breast tumours is found to correlate with the development of distant metastases
Read article: Soft-matter physics helps reveal whether cancers are likely to spread
