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Forced to react: 3D printing can stretch a single cell
A cell is highly interactive and constantly exchanges ‘physical’ information with its surroundings. By combining a special 3D printing technique with smart materials, we developed micrometer-sized scaffolds to stretch single cells. This new approach helps us to better understand how individual cells sense and respond to external mechanical stimuli.
Recovering data you have never seen
Apr 15, 2021 | 4.5 min read by Rik VoorhaarLet’s live together: sharing with others may help us live longer
Apr 14, 2021 | 3 min read by Tobias Vogt , Fanny KlugeFinancial distress: Links to ADHD and suicide risk
Apr 13, 2021 | 3.5 min read by Shaadee Samimy , Theodore P. BeauchainePlastic is fantastic, but recycling is no magic
Apr 9, 2021 | 3.5 min read by Olivier A. KirchhofferHighlights
The importance of being tested
Jul 15, 2020 in Health & Physiology | 3.5 min read by Giulia GiordanoThe struggle to comply with social distancing
Nov 24, 2020 in Psychology | 3 min read by Weizhen Xie , Stephen Campbell , Weiwei ZhangWhen the girdle of social timing relaxes: Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep
Jul 9, 2020 in Psychology | 3.5 min read by Christine Blume , Marlene H. SchmidtThe life-span of SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric patients
Jun 9, 2020 in Health & Physiology | 3.5 min read by Sarah Gibson , Charlotte Zhang , Oulan Li , Yi XuSubjects
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Fighting back antibiotic resistance: a new hope from the soil
Antibiotic resistance represents a critical threat for our health and disease treatment. New discoveries are crucial to develop further medicaments against future superbugs.
Feb 24, 2016 | 4 min readHigh performance silks deployed by web building wolf spiders
Wolf spiders that build webs produce silks that perform differently than those that do not build webs, supporting hypotheses that web building and silk performance co-evolved in spiders.
Nov 12, 2018 | 4 min readThe lifetime of memories
Jun 22, 2016 | 3.5 min readWhat were the ice age ‘stilt-legged’ horses of North America?
Were these extinct animals related to horses, donkeys, or zebras, or were they something else entirely? Using ancient DNA, we have finally solved this mystery.
Nov 2, 2018 | 3.5 min readHow do plants breathe?
Breathing air in and out is something that we, as humans, perform in every moment of our lives. Plants do likewise thanks to tiny mouths called stomata.
Nov 22, 2017 | 4 min readThe belligerence of breeding: female aggression after mating
Sexual behaviors often have a deep impact on social interactions. Here is how female fruit flies cope with it.
Nov 1, 2017 | 4 min read