How people work
Roland Ennos offers a new look at familiar human behaviour like walking, chewing and fingernail-breaking
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Physical forces at work in biocomposites
Study reveals how single crystals incorporate polymer strands
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Electrons reveal DNA without destroying it
Holography uncovers individual biomolecules
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Fixing bones with dissolvable glass
Magnesium alloy could speed up bone repair
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Ultra-strong Velcro-like fastener inspired by birds
Steely hook and loop fastener could hold aeroplanes together
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Soap films burst like flapping flags
High-speed photography reveals how punctures expand in soap films
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T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity
New microscope technique identifies flexible regions of proteins
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Between chance and necessity
Andrew Steane reviews Stuart Kauffman's Reinventing the Sacred
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The call of the wild
Robert P Crease talks to a former string theorist who found what he wanted in science when he applied the tools of physics to fundamental questions in biology
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The quantum life
The idea that quantum mechanics can explain many fundamental aspects of life is resurging, as Paul Davies reveals
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