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Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)

May 27, 2020
For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development....

How to fast without having to fast

May 27, 2020
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the University of Warwick have found how cells respond to fasting and activate the process...

Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer

May 27, 2020
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzyme which becomes catalytically active when exposed to blue light and which immediately triggers a reaction...

Rats recognise rhythm

May 26, 2020
Musical rhythm has very deep evolutionary roots and is present in some animals, according to a study of the biological foundations of music conducted in a mouse model by Alexandre...

AI to map impact of COVID-19 on the heart

May 11, 2020
A joint UK-US research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence system to map how the COVID-19 virus attacks the heart with such deadly impact. The collaboration aims to quantify...

Eye-controlled contact lenses

July 29, 2019
Biomechanical engineers have created a robotic lens that allows the wearer to focus on an image through eye movements, such as a double blink.

Korea claims advance on 3D-printed corneas

May 29, 2019
A research team in South Korea have used a 3D printer to improve the transparency of artificial corneas.

Scientists propose why we cannot find life in space

August 10, 2016
The reason why we cannot find other life outside of Planet Earth is because we may be ahead of the evolutionary curve, according to scientists from the Harvard Smithsonian Center...

World’s tiniest thermometer built

May 12, 2016
Canadian scientists have created the smallest thermometer in the world using DNA.

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