Chromosome Crowding Sets the Size of the Mitotic Spindle Across Life
A cross-species study shows that the width of the mitotic spindle scales with the cube root of genome size because ...
Tag: biophysics
Blood Snow on the Move: The Biophysics of How Algae Swim Through Melting Snowpacks
A new review synthesises the biophysics of how snow algae swim, sense and migrate through melting snowpacks, with major implications ...
A Bacterial Toxin’s Random Flickers Reveal Hidden Complexity in Nanopore Sensing
Researchers used Lempel-Ziv complexity to show that the blocking events of alpha-hemolysin nanopores are a genuinely stochastic phenomenon whose randomness ...
Biophysicist Kandice Tanner Wins 2027 Bárány Award for Metastasis Discoveries
The Biophysical Society will honor National Cancer Institute biophysicist Kandice Tanner with the 2027 Michael and Kate Bárány Award for ...
Gravity leaves the human genome largely unfazed, microgravity simulator reveals
NYU physicists built a custom microgravity simulator and found that the human genome's organization and dynamics remain robust after 24 ...
Scientists Watch a Virus-Like Particle Build Itself, Molecule by Molecule
Researchers have directly observed, at molecular resolution, how individual proteins self-assemble into a virus-like particle, revealing a finely tuned nucleation-and-growth ...
Simple Rules Drive Bacteria’s Stunning Switch From Swarms to Waves
Researchers show that Myxococcus xanthus switches between swarming and rippling through just two mechanisms—local cellular alignment and congestion-triggered reversals.
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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