Novel technique to measure forces produced by microorganisms as they move without harming them hopes to shine light on how bacteria move. Forces that are exerted by a living cell or a microorganism ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the Allen Institute of Cell Science have developed a new computational method that can measure the forces cells exert on each other by ...

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley published a paper last week on their measurement of the smallest force ever quantified. Researchers applied a known force to a ...

Laser power measurement and force metrology are interlinked disciplines dedicated to quantifying the interaction between light and matter. In contemporary research, these fields have evolved from ...

Until about 10 years ago, the force test and measurement industry had been fairly unimaginative. It had developed a standard way of building analog load cells, torque transducers and other devices, ...

(Nanowerk News) Motor proteins generate the forces for essential mechanical processes in our body. On a scale of nanometers - a millionth of a millimeter - motor proteins, for example, power our ...

Cellular competition is an essential surveillance mechanism that eliminates unwanted cells, playing a key role in development, infection response, and tumor formation. While the role of biochemical ...

As brain tumors grow, they must do one of two things: push against the brain or use finger-like extensions to invade and destroy surrounding tissue. Previous research found tumors that push - or put ...

In 1856, Lord Kelvin observed that metallic conductors subjected to mechanical strain exhibit a change in their electrical resistance. Since that time, engineers have attempted to measure and quantify ...

A new computational method can measure the forces cells exert on each other by analyzing time-lapse videos of cell colonies. It could enable researchers to gain fundamental insights into what role ...