All Biophysics


Biomimicry informs better sensors: just add noise

Added: 4 Sep 2020

Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal world but unusua…

Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry

Added: 4 Sep 2020

Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massac…

Improved cybernetics hardware - human interfacing

Added: 17 Aug 2020

Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are …

Capturing clinical movement

Added: 7 Aug 2020

From gait analysis to neuroscience, Dr Kim Duffy illustrates how motion capture technology is being…

Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough

Added: 4 Aug 2020

A University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed a plasma technology to robustly a…

Advanced Engineering and Lab Innovations: visitors are in safe hands

Added: 31 Jul 2020

The UK Government has recently endorsed the reopening of conferences and exhibitions, releasing a s…

Monitoring COVID-19 plasma viscosity

Added: 3 Jul 2020

A clinical viscosity diagnostic instrument is proving to be valuable in the research and treatment …

Synthetic materials mimic living creatures

Added: 24 Jun 2020

Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living …

Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)

Added: 28 May 2020

For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interio…

How to fast without having to fast

Added: 28 May 2020

As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the …

Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer

Added: 28 May 2020

Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzym…

Rats recognise rhythm

Added: 27 May 2020

Musical rhythm has very deep evolutionary roots and is present in some animals, according to a stud…

AI to map impact of COVID-19 on the heart

Added: 12 May 2020

A joint UK-US research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence system to map how the …

AI biomarker predicts heart attacks

Added: 5 Sep 2019

A new AI-powered imaging biomarker is said to predict hearts attacks at least five years before the…

Eye-controlled contact lenses

Added: 29 Jul 2019

Biomechanical engineers have created a robotic lens that allows the wearer to focus on an image thr…

Korea claims advance on 3D-printed corneas

Added: 30 May 2019

A research team in South Korea have used a 3D printer to improve the transparency of artificial cor…

Scientists propose why we cannot find life in space

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 10 Aug 2016

The reason why we cannot find other life outside of Planet Earth is because we may be ahead of the…

World’s tiniest thermometer built

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 12 May 2016

Canadian scientists have created the smallest thermometer in the world using DNA.

Graphene shows potential as biosensor

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 29 Mar 2016

Graphene has been touted as a material highly suited for use as a biosensor, by Plymouth University…

Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 11 Feb 2016

Antarctic fungi have spent 18 months on the ISS, managing to survive under Mars-like conditions.