Study sheds new light on how bacteria swim in complex fluids
Read article: Bacterial swimming in complex fluids better understood with new experiment, model
Researchers reveal how some spiders can float and drift like a balloon by exploiting the electric field present in the atmosphere
Read article: Simulations shed light on interactions that help spiders fly
A visionary biophysics project has emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic
Read article: The Human Organ Atlas: a ‘Google Earth’ for our bodies
A new synchrotron-imaging technique is helping researchers shed a new light on human anatomy. Jon Cartwright zooms in
Read article: Drawing up a ‘Google Earth’ of the human body
Only the first of two electrons transferred from a cell to an external mineral determines the rate of iron-based bacterial respiration
Read article: The first electron counts – how anaerobic microbes ‘breathe’ iron
Fluorescence microscopy technique enables observation of biomolecular patterns in their native state down to the nanometre scale, by rapidly cooling cells to –196 °C
Read article: Ultrafast cryo-arrest of living cells reveals biomolecular patterns with unprecedented resolution
A method for extrinsically controlling stem cells’ differentiation arises from geometrical constraints in the cells’ microenvironment
Read article: From form comes function: moving from random to deterministic organoid patterning
Elastic cells favour malignant tumour growth
Read article: Brain tumours spread by exploiting fundamental physics
Specialist face masks and better ventilation could help prevent choral super-spreading events with minimal effect on sound quality
Read article: Physics points the way to COVID-safe singing
Fluid dynamics experts weigh in on masks, ventilation and other measures to stop airborne viruses
Read article: How physics can help COVID-proof everyday life
