The development of an embryo is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Early in this process, it is determined ...

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

Researchers at Drexel University have identified the physical forces in red blood cells and blood vessels underlying the painful symptoms of sickle cell disease. Their experiment, the first to answer ...

New York, NY — Researchers at AppliedPhysics.org have published an exploratory study in Biosystems examining whether mathematical acoustic signal structure can influence cellular response independent ...

Scrawled X’s and O’s dance across the whiteboard behind Hawa Racine Thiam. At first glance, they look similar to drawings from a football playbook. But Thiam is no football coach, and those doodles ...

Human sperm have long been a subject of fascination—not just for their role in fertilization, but for their remarkable ability to navigate through some of the most viscous environments in the body.

The cells in our bodies move in groups during biological processes such as wound healing and tissue development – but because of resistance, or viscosity, those cells can’t just neatly glide past each ...