Diagnostic imaging Research update Live cells jetted with electric fields Biophysicists develop technique to create jets of living cells Read article: Live cells jetted with electric fields
Soft matter and liquids Research update DNA pyramids make their debut Physicists develop DNA tetrahedra that can be used as building blocks for nanostructures Read article: DNA pyramids make their debut
Soft matter and liquids Research update Optical devices get fishy Fish waste has attractive optical properties Read article: Optical devices get fishy
Soft matter and liquids Research update Tiny swimmer makes a splash New swimming nanorobots could beat all comers, in theory Read article: Tiny swimmer makes a splash
Structure and dynamics Research update Doing physics with bacteria Helical filaments spring surprises in liquid-crystal state Read article: Doing physics with bacteria
Soft matter and liquids Research update Can proteins perform logic? Theorists propose a way for proteins to carry out logic operations
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Swimming around in circles Researchers learn more about the behaviour of E. coli near solid surfaces Read article: Swimming around in circles
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Amino acids meet electronics Researchers have shown that inorganic surfaces can trap peptide chains
Soft matter and liquids Research update Turning the lotus effect on its head New experiments show that lotus leaves do not always repel water droplets Read article: Turning the lotus effect on its head
Soft matter and liquids Research update Bacteria turn to chemistry Ions influence growth rates in a specific way Read article: Bacteria turn to chemistry
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