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General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Oct 14, 2015

Active deformation dynamics of cell nuclei contribute to the formation of intra-nuclear chromosome architectures

A Japanese researcher has investigated the contributions of active deformation dynamics of cell nuclei using the Brownian motion theory.

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Oct 9, 2015

Researchers settle long-standing debate about fundamental behavior of shaking particles

Particles floating in fluid perpetually flit about in all directions, a phenomenon referred to as Brownian motion. For example, proteins within our cells and pigment particles inside ink-jet printers wriggle and twitch their ...

Nanophysics Sep 28, 2015

New method for building on an atomic scale

UK scientists have pioneered a new way of manipulating several thousand atoms at a time, paving the way for building nanoscale electronic devices more quickly and easily at room temperature.

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 18, 2015

Formation of swarms in nanosystems

One of the striking features of self-organization in biomolecular systems is the capacity of assemblies of filamentous particles for synchronous motion. Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich now provide new ...

Nanophysics Aug 18, 2015

High-precision control of nanoparticles for digital applications

For the first time ever, researchers have succeeded in creating arrangements of colloids – tiny particles suspended in a solution – and, importantly, they have managed to control their motion with high precision and speed. ...

Soft Matter Jul 14, 2015

The physics of salad dressing

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have shown that in phase separation in liquids, as is seen when oil and water separate, occurs as a result of the ordered motion of droplets. Initially, a great number of small droplets ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jul 2, 2015

Researchers find the macroscopic Brownian motion phenomena of self-powered liquid metal motors

Classical Brownian motion theory was established over one hundred year ago, describing the stochastic collision behaviors between surrounding molecules. Recently, researchers from the Technical Institute of Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics and Chemistry, ...

Nanophysics Jun 1, 2015

Amoeba-inspired computing system outperforms conventional optimization methods

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº)—Researchers have designed and implemented an algorithm that solves computing problems using a strategy inspired by the way that an amoeba branches out to obtain resources. The new algorithm, called AmoebaSAT, ...

Materials Science May 1, 2015

Self-propelling particles mimic organisms' upstream moves

Scientists have created microbe-sized beads that can utilize energy in the environment to self-propel upstream by purely physical means.

Cell & Microbiology Jan 12, 2015

Revealing the inner workings of a molecular motor

In research published in the Journal of Cell Biology, scientists from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have made important steps toward understanding how dynein—a "molecular motor"—walks along tube-like structures ...

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