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Why Hearts Bounce Back

09.07.2019
Theoretical Physics, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Applying physics to studying heart cells reveals a spring-and-treadmill-like mechanism that keeps them beating
cyanobacteria reveal developmental pattern

The Need for Noise: How Patterns Arise in Nature

18.10.2018
Space & Physics, Theoretical Physics, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development
Physicists and biologists team up to show that even the simplest biological developmental patterns may require some noise to be formed
Ulf Leonhardt

Quantum Vacuum Effect Created in a Tank of Water

04.10.2018
Lasers & Optics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
What happens when you accelerate in a quantum vacuum? Analyzing ripples on the water’s surface provided proof for the answer
Optical image of a graphene device

Hot, Dense and Fast

19.07.2018
Theoretical Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Electrons in a “viscous flow” surpass conductivity limits and could lead to new types of electronic devices
ants looking for the exit

Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version

14.06.2018
Theoretical Physics, Life Sciences, Evolution and Development, Earth Sciences, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their path
organoid with folds

“Brain on a Chip” Reveals How the Brain Folds

19.02.2018
Lasers & Optics, Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development
Keeping the tiny "brains" flat enabled researchers to follow the process of wrinkling, step by step 
If, for example, the springy part forms a shelf in a rectangular container and the particle can “choose” to go either under or over the shelf, the transfer of energy becomes very efficient

The Notorious Piston and Other Problems

15.02.2018
Theoretical Physics, Math & Computer Science, Mathematics
New insight into the mathematics of fast- and slow-moving bodies
Sadi Carnot

The Limits of Power

13.02.2018
Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
New research upholds an old principle of thermodynamics 
artist's illustration: merging neutron stars

Crashing Neutron Stars Observed for the First Time

16.10.2017
Astrophysics, Theoretical Physics
Weizmann Institute scientists help confirm and analyze the star merger
black hole

The Missing Black Holes

22.06.2017
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Theoretical Physics
Why do we not see midsized black holes in the Universe? 

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