Biophysics Research update Far-UVC light zaps airborne pathogens in realistic conditions Technology could make indoor areas as safe as outdoors, say physicists Read article: Far-UVC light zaps airborne pathogens in realistic conditions
Microscopy Research update Super-resolution microscopy reveals coronavirus-replicating machinery Technique could provide fresh insights into the life cycle of viruses like SARS-Cov-2 Read article: Super-resolution microscopy reveals coronavirus-replicating machinery
Biophysics Research update Bacterial swimming in complex fluids better understood with new experiment, model Study sheds new light on how bacteria swim in complex fluids Read article: Bacterial swimming in complex fluids better understood with new experiment, model
Biophysics Research update Simulations shed light on interactions that help spiders fly 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
Biophysics Video The Human Organ Atlas: a ‘Google Earth’ for our bodies A visionary biophysics project has emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic Read article: The Human Organ Atlas: a ‘Google Earth’ for our bodies
Biophysics Feature Drawing up a ‘Google Earth’ of the human body 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
Biophysics Research update 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: The first electron counts – how anaerobic microbes ‘breathe’ iron
Biophysics Research update 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: Ultrafast cryo-arrest of living cells reveals biomolecular patterns with unprecedented resolution
Biophysics Research update 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: From form comes function: moving from random to deterministic organoid patterning
Biophysics Research update Brain tumours spread by exploiting fundamental physics Elastic cells favour malignant tumour growth Read article: Brain tumours spread by exploiting fundamental physics