“Sweet spot” between 40 and 60 per cent relative humidity leads to better outcomes, say researchers
Read article: Very dry and very humid indoor environments are worse for COVID spread
Louis Minion reviews Nano Comes to Life: How Nanotechnology is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology by Sonia Contera
Read article: How nanoscience brings physics into biology
New work could help in the design and development of drugs to fight coronaviruses
Read article: Physicists simulate how SARS-CoV-2 forms
Researchers demonstrate that rigid breast cancer cells in tumours deform and become softer, enhancing their ability to invade surrounding tissue
Read article: Cell softening allows cancer cells in rigid tumours to spread
The human gut alternates between different fluid flow patterns to optimize nutrient absorption while regulating bacterial growth
Read article: Simulations shed light on fluid dynamics of the gut
AlphaFold AI system predicts the most topologically complex knot ever found in a protein
Read article: Physicists identify most complex protein knots
New data reveals that number of aerosol particles exhaled by people who are exercising increases 132-fold on average during peak activity
Read article: Viral ‘superspreader’ events may be linked to high-intensity indoor exercise
Proton tunnelling can create genetic mutations, say researchers
Read article: Quantum effects help make DNA unstable
Drums made from the 2D carbon sheet might be used to detect antibiotic resistance quickly and simply by monitoring bacterial movement
Read article: Graphene ‘drums’ pick up vibrations from individual bacteria
Technology could make indoor areas as safe as outdoors, say physicists
Read article: Far-UVC light zaps airborne pathogens in realistic conditions
