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Blood Plasma is Not So Normal

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Physics 6, 18 (2013) – Published February 15, 2013
Experiments show that blood plasma has elastic properties that could influence the way blood flows through small vessels.
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Leaf Size Fixed by Tree Physics

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Physics 6, 2 (2013) – Published January 4, 2013
The near-uniform leaf size of the tallest trees is set by the requirements of their vascular network.
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DNA Flexibility at the Atomic Scale

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Physics 5, 134 (2012) – Published November 30, 2012
The flexibility of a DNA strand affects its activities in cells and depends on its length. Atomic-scale computer simulations begin to explain why the length matters.
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How Cytoplasm Generates its Own Smooth Flow

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Physics 5, 117 (2012) – Published October 19, 2012
Orderly flow in fluid extracted from a living cell results from the spontaneous organization of randomly-oriented, microscopic forces.
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Landmarks—Atomic Force Microscope Makes Angstrom-Scale Images

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Physics 5, 106 (2012) – Published September 21, 2012
The atomic force microscope, introduced in 1986, provided atomic-scale pictures of surfaces, with few limitations on the type of sample.
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How Cells Regulate the Length of Filaments

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Physics 5, 69 (2012) – Published June 22, 2012
Models show how the length of filaments in cells can be tightly controlled by balancing continual growth with shrinkage caused by molecular motors.