Can light behave like a whirlwind? It turns out it can—and such "optical tornadoes" have now been created in an extremely ...

While space structures and robotic arms require lightweight actuation devices capable of repetitive movement, conventional ...

When active filaments are exposed to localized illumination, they accumulate into stable structures along the boundaries of the illuminated area. Based on this fact, researchers developed a model that ...

In an ambitious collaboration, researchers added 1.8 million high-confidence protein complex structure predictions to the ...

Improvements in three-dimensional (3D) scanning have enabled quick and accurate scanning of 3D objects, including cultural heritage objects, as 3D point cloud data. However, conventional ...

The first full-length structures of two heat shock chaperone proteins in a complex reveal the key structural region regulating their function, according to a new study from St. Jude Children's ...

Filamentous cyanobacteria aggregate in areas with favorable light conditions and use the light energy for photosynthesis. Typically, these microorganisms form long filaments consisting of many cells.