Browse Physics

Large numbers of neurons can, according to a computational model, distinguish the timing of aural cues more finely than individual cells.

Calculations show that a time-varying molecular input signal can induce a more predictable biological response than a constant input.

Bumblebee flight patterns reveal how the presence of spiders causes bees to modify their foraging strategies.

Theoretical models show fractal hierarchical teeth can make joints stronger and more fail-resistant.

DNA flexibility depends on how strands separate, which, in turn, depends on temperature.

The discovery of ferroelecticity in mammalian tissue makes researchers wonder what its purpose is and what it may be useful for.

Paper pyramids hovering in an oscillating air column enlighten us about the stability of flying insects.

A model explains why, during pregnancy, contractions in the uterus exhibit collective behavior.

A discrepancy between theory and experiment regarding how molecules fold in response to applied forces is resolved.

A new technique measures the strength with which viruses attach to cells by detecting individual virus-binding and unbinding events.

Experiments on tumorlike collections of cells suggest that mechanical stress can play a role in limiting tumor growth.

A theoretical model of neurons associated with hearing may explain why certain note combinations are more pleasing than others. New research supports the theory by quantifying the effect.

Corrugations found along the intestine’s inner wall reflect both a mechanical buckling and the constant birth and death of cells, theorists suggest.

According to new calculations, prolonged chemical oscillations that occur in the metabolic process of glycolysis can be linked to a single enzyme.

Calculations elucidate how the lateral diffusion of macromolecules within a liquid membrane depends on the properties of the solvent layer surrounding it.

By swimming collectively, bacterial cells swim faster than they would in isolation.

Theoretical analysis of periodic RNA modifications in a simple biochemical reactor reveals emergent evolutionary properties.

Large electric fields, alternating at hundreds of hertz, cause DNA molecules to collapse, the opposite of previous observations that they stretch out at higher and lower frequencies.

Depending on their width, certain ribbon-forming biomolecules assume either twisted or spiral shapes.

Inspired by the way genetic material is stored in a virus, researchers are exploring how densely they can pack elastic wires into a spherical shell.