Biomechanics/Biophysics

The prosthetic hand Hannes is featured on Science Robotics' cover today. It is able to restore over 90% of functionality to people with upper-limb amputations and its concept was awarded the international industrial design prize Compasso…

Researchers' molecular 'LEGO set' advances efforts to defeat resistant microbes Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's most urgent public health threats. In the United States alone, tens of thousands of deaths result each year from…

Credit: Peleg Lab During typical summers in the southeastern U.S., streams of visitors travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to witness one of nature's most spectacular displays of light: thousands of male fireflies,…

New method could jump-start creation of tiny medical devices for the bodyCredit: A. Strelcov/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft…

Chemists make cellular forces visible at the molecular scaleCredit: Microscopy photos by Alisina Bazrafshan Scientists have developed a new technique using tools made of luminescent DNA, lit up like fireflies, to visualize the…

With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and possibly breaking polymer chains.Credit: B. Honnorat, V. Brüser, and J.F. Kolb WASHINGTON,…

Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise worldwide, it is increasingly urgent to understand…

Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling Often considered the workhorses of the body, proteins are among the most important biomolecules critical to life processes. They provide structural foundation for cells and tissues and perform a…

Aligning science across Parkinson's initiative supports international project aiming to unravel the biology of a gene linked to Parkinson's diseaseCredit: Leschziner Lab, UC San Diego In August, a team of researchers at the…

Credit: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences WASHINGTON -- Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), submitted their findings to…

Researchers say toe springs in shoes may come at a costCredit: Freddy Sichting The toe of most shoes, especially sneakers, bends ever so slightly upward. While that curve, called a toe spring, can make stepping more comfortable and…

Wearing footwear with an upward curvature at the front of the shoe - known as the toe spring - requires less work from the muscles of the feet to walk than shoes with a flatter sole, according to an experimental study published in…

'Honey, I shrunk the detector'Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen / Roman Shnaiderman Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world's smallest ultrasound detector.…

Karen Nolan, PhD, of Kessler Foundation, is site investigator for a multi-site trial of a music-based digital therapeutic device with the potential to improve mobility after strokeCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. September…

Credit: Saarland University These results from studies in both experimental and theoretical physics may help to improve antibacterial surfaces. The research work was recently published in the journal 'Nanoscale'. Staphylococcus…

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State university For billions of years, Nature has used DNA like a molecular bank vault; a place to store her most coveted secrets: the design blueprints essential to life. Now,…

Credit: SoSPIM microscopy: L. Aoun, O. Theodoly, M. Biarnes, R. Galland Human white blood cells, known as leukocytes, swim using a newly described mechanism called molecular paddling, researchers report in the September 15th issue of…

The brain has adaptive noise filters that change with conditions, making signals 20 - 100 percent more accurateCredit: Marija Rudzite, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - If human eyes came in a package, it would have to be labeled…