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Advancing our understanding of life’s design rules: seven genes tame simple synthetic cell division

April 6, 2021
Recent results in cellular engineering bring us one step closer to understanding the fundamental design rules that govern life. Building on the construction of the first synthetic cell in 2010,...

Tracking mosquito flight patterns in 3D using digital holography and mathematics

March 12, 2021
Researchers have been asked to use large field-of-view digital holography to accurately apply 3D tracking to mosquito flight. By capturing the diffraction pattern of mosquitoes in a telecentric volume, the...

Mapping neural dynamics: Making sense of mass neuron-generated data

February 19, 2021
How do animals process information and adapt to environmental change? New research applies AI driven information geometry to capture network correlations, simplify neural mapping and enable advanced calculation methods for...

Cell shape influences antibiotic resistance

February 3, 2021
A broad, curvy shape has a lower surface-to-volume ratio and is less susceptible to surface invasion. So, being wide and curvatious helps bacteria survive antibiotics, continue to grow, and adapt...

Antiviral coating kills viruses and bacteria for product lifetime

January 26, 2021
Can you imagine a world where you wouldn't have to worry about disease transmission from surfaces such as door handles, keyboards, bank notes, and even doctor's gowns and facemasks? Matt...

Why cells don’t get stuck – generalised cell migration and motility modelled mathematically

January 22, 2021
Cell movement has now been mathematically modelled by an interdisciplinary team of theoretical and experimental physicists. Understanding this fundamental process will allow scientists to predict cell behaviours and improve targeted...

Laser-triggered chemical adhesion for tissue engineering of replacement organs

January 19, 2021
Laser-triggered chemical adhesion used to build proteins onto biological polymer scaffolding to bring artificial but functional, laboratory-grown replacement organs one step closer to a reality. Researchers have found lasers and...

Uncovering the magic of metallographic Turing pattern formation

January 19, 2021
While we have become used to seeing stripes and spots in nature, it still seems amazing to see similarily distinct 'Turing patterns' form on non-biological surfaces. Now, an international research...

How to grow your own smart materials with live fermentation cultures

January 12, 2021
Have you ever made your own soda bread or homemade yoghurt using a fermented 'starter culture'? Imagine being able to cultivate your grow your own smart biomaterials at home using...

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