Read article: Modelling a single cancer cell in a sea of blood
Attendees at the SC23 conference heard how supercomputing is being used to investigate how cancer spreads throughout the body
Read article: Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two pioneers in their fields
Read article: Study in astronauts could improve health in space and on Earth
Long-duration spaceflights deplete red blood cells and bone, but the body recovers with the help of fat stored in the bone marrow
Read article: Brownian motion study shows real tears are more viscous than artificial ones
Technique could lead to improved treatments for dry eye syndrome and other medical conditions
Read article: Physicists track biochemical reactions in Darwin’s ‘warm little ponds’
Femtosecond-scale observations of ionizing urea molecules in an aqueous environment could shed light on the origins of life
Read article: Soft-matter physics helps reveal whether cancers are likely to spread
Cell unjamming in breast tumours is found to correlate with the development of distant metastases
Read article: Life in space impacts human brain structure
New findings on how spaceflight experience impacts an astronaut’s brain could help define guidelines for future space missions
Read article: MRI study challenges our knowledge of how the human brain works
Researchers dig deeper into the workings of the human brain, shedding insight into how the brain’s physical shape might influence its patterns of activity
Read article: Towards a cure for ALS: magnetic stimulation restores impaired motoneurons
Magnetic fields that reactivate damaged motoneurons could one day provide a new treatment for neurodegenerative diseases
Read article: Quantum entanglement doubles microscope resolution
New technique shows promise for non-destructive bioimaging
