Read article: The first electron counts – how anaerobic microbes ‘breathe’ iron
Only the first of two electrons transferred from a cell to an external mineral determines the rate of iron-based bacterial respiration
Read article: Ultrafast cryo-arrest of living cells reveals biomolecular patterns with unprecedented resolution
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: 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
