Read article: From form comes function: moving from random to deterministic organoid patterning
A method for extrinsically controlling stem cells’ differentiation arises from geometrical constraints in the cells’ microenvironment
Read article: Brain tumours spread by exploiting fundamental physics
Elastic cells favour malignant tumour growth
Read article: Physics points the way to COVID-safe singing
Specialist face masks and better ventilation could help prevent choral super-spreading events with minimal effect on sound quality
Read article: How physics can help COVID-proof everyday life
Fluid dynamics experts weigh in on masks, ventilation and other measures to stop airborne viruses
Read article: Blood tests reveal brain damage following long-term spaceflight
Without gravity, long-term space travellers may experience slight, but lasting, brain damage
Read article: Small-world networks regulate transcription in cells
Simulations of a bead-and-spring model of DNA reveal how the 3D structure of the genome determines gene expression in cells
Read article: Cryo-electron tomography reveals why normal cells stick and cancer cells don’t
The protein tropomyosin helps cells attach themselves to their surroundings; by lowering their levels of this protein, cancer cells can spread
Read article: Imaging metabolism in action
Felicia Green and Anna Simmonds unveil the ambitious biological mass spectrometry programme at the Rosalind Franklin Institute
Read article: ‘Tunable tuna’ makes a better robotic swimmer
Adjustable-stiffness tails prove key to optimizing swimming speed and efficiency
Read article: Advanced X-ray imaging creates sound-frequency maps of the human inner ear
A research collaboration has used synchrotron radiation phase-contrast imaging to develop the first 3D tonotopic map of the intact human inner ear
