biophysics

Microscopic drug-filled "balloons" can be ruptured precisely where needed.
Dave Zobel, Contributor
New principles could pave the way for custom molecules.
Dave Zobel, Contributor
New model shows how circulating cancer cells flow and accumulate, and could help with better diagnostics.
Katharine Gammon, Contributor
Reactions to the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Sara Rennekamp, Contributing Editor
The everyday wood mouse can sense magnetic fields -- possibly via quantum processes.
Michael Greshko, Contributor
Injectable biomaterial for treatment of heart attacks.
Marsha Lewis, Contributing Producer
Researchers discover potentially quick, cheap technique.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
Finding ways to combat this deadly disease.
Karin Heineman, ISTV Executive Producer
The new study could help scientists identify drugs able to disrupt the protein's activity.
Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Contributor
Discoveries led to development of something even better than microscopes. Nanoscopes.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
2 Americans and a German share award for circumventing theoretical limit of magnification.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Scientists are tricking spiders for their silk to develop a mending “treat.”
Karin Heineman, ISTV Executive Producer