Scientists have produced some of the most detailed mapping imagery of breast cancer cells ever seen as part of new research at the University of Lincoln, UK, aimed at improving understanding of the biological properties that ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 21, 2016
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Knowledge of how DNA folds and bends could offer new perspective on how it is handled within cells while also aiding in the design of DNA-based nano-scale devices, says a biomedical engineer at Texas A&M University whose ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 8, 2016
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Brown University engineers have developed a new technique to help researchers understand how cells move through complex tissues in the body. They hope the tool will be useful in understanding all kinds of cell movements, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 29, 2016
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers at North Carolina State University has developed a composite material that emits light and heat when exposed to specific wavelengths of radiation and that can be customized to have ...
Materials Science
Feb 23, 2016
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Simple physics may play a larger role than previously thought in helping control key bodily processes such as how the body fights infection.
General Physics
Feb 8, 2016
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Your television, computer, smartphone or any other electronic device wouldn't work without being able to shuttle electric charges around their circuits.
Engineering
Dec 17, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Several properties of the extracellular matrix affect cellular interaction, including stem cell differentiation. Some of these are physical properties, such as topography and matrix stiffness. In an effort to ...
Researchers have developed a new way to use atomic force microscopy to rapidly measure the mechanical properties of cells at the nanometer scale, an advance that could pave the way for better understanding immune disorders ...
Nanophysics
Dec 17, 2015
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FAU researchers develop method of measuring forces of tumor cells as they migrate through connective tissue.
General Physics
Dec 7, 2015
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A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has developed an optical microscopy technique capable of shedding new light on how the mechanical properties of cells change in the course of aging, injury healing and disease ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2015
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