Biomechanics/Biophysics

Poster at AHA Scientific Sessions suggests BPS and BPF may have less impact on heart function than BPA Philadelphia, Pa. - (November 16) - Some chemical alternatives to plastic bisphenol-a (BPA), which is still commonly used in medical…

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have simulated every atom of a light-harvesting structure in a photosynthetic bacterium that generates energy for the organism. The simulated organelle behaves just like its…

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new proof-of-concept study details how an automated system driven by artificial intelligence can design, build, test and learn complex biochemical pathways to efficiently…

Heidelberg, 13 November 2019 - EMBO congratulates twenty-seven life scientists on their selection as new EMBO Young Investigators. They join a network of 129 current and 340 former Young Investigators, and will begin their four-year…

Researchers have combined an ultrafast ultrasound imaging system with ultrasonic tweezers to track, trap and target drug carriers within a phantom blood vesselCredit: Qifa Zhou WASHINGTON, D.C., November 12, 2019 -- The lack of a…

A new device can deposit drug-delivering fibers directly onto biological materialCredit: L.G. Huston and E.A. Kooistra-Manning, Montana Technological University WASHINGTON, D.C., November 12, 2019 -- With newly developed…

New data will support practitioners to understand needs of patients. A GLOBAL project which aims to map the demographics of diabetic foot complications experienced across the world has been announced today, World Diabetes Day (November 14)…

Credit: Pau Martín-Malpartida and Maria J. Macias, IRB Barcelona. Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with the Sloan Kettering Institute (New York, US), have published the…

Brooke Flammang, assistant professor of biological sciences at NJIT, has been named winner of the 2019 Steven Vogel Young Investigator Award by the scientific journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. Flammang is the third-ever winner…

The Acoustical Society of America will gather to reveal and discuss the latest in the science of sound, Dec. 2-6. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 8, 2019 -- The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) will hold its 178th meeting, Dec. 2-6, at the Hotel del…