Interactions & forces, as a research area, focuses on the quantitative description and theoretical understanding of how physical entities influence one another via fundamental interactions and emergent effective forces. It encompasses studies of gravitational, electromagnetic, strong, and weak interactions, along with interatomic, intermolecular, and many-body forces in condensed matter, soft matter, and plasma systems. Research typically integrates field theories, potential models, and numerical simulations to characterize force laws, energy landscapes, and response functions across scales, from subatomic particles to macroscopic structures, enabling predictive models of structure, dynamics, and phase behavior in diverse physical and engineered systems.
What if a surface could instantly switch from sticky to slippery at the push of a button? By using electricity to control how ions and water structure at the solid liquid interface of self-assembled monolayers of aromatic ...
Nanomaterials
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A team of researchers at the University of Liverpool, working in collaboration with the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore, has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how cells sense ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Unifying gravity and quantum theory remains a significant goal in modern physics. Despite the success in unifying all other fundamental interactions (electromagnetism, strong force and weak force) with quantum mechanics and ...
When dust sticks to a surface or a lizard sits on a ceiling, it is due to "nature's invisible glue." Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now discovered a quick and easy way to study the hidden forces ...
Nanophysics
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are only a few atoms thick, are known to exhibit unique electrical, mechanical and optical properties, which differ considerably from the properties of bulk materials. Some recent studies ...
How does skin hold you in? How do heart cells beat together? Researchers at the University of California, Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, are exploring how structures called desmosomes, which stick cells together, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2025
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Changing interactions between the smallest particles at the touch of a button: Quantum researchers at RPTU have developed a new tool that makes this possible. The new approach—a temporally oscillating magnetic field—has the ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 10, 2025
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In a pioneering discovery, researchers at UNIST have captured, for the first time, the elusive intermediate stages involved in the pairing of cell membrane proteins. Contrary to long-held beliefs that such proteins bind instantaneously, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 23, 2025
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Proteins perform their many different functions via physical interactions with other molecules, in particular, small molecules present in cells, such as metabolites. These interactions occur on distinct binding pockets on ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 17, 2025
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Flexible pressure sensors can detect subtle mechanical stimuli, making them suitable for use in wearable sensors for human health monitoring and motion analysis. However, current sensors suffer from insufficient sensitivity, ...
Bio & Medicine
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