Droplets

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign engineers have developed a new breed of display screens that use flexible fins, varying temperatures and liquid droplets that…

Terahertz spectroscopy maps spontaneous formation of protein-rich droplets that may lead to neurodegenerative diseases. Using a new method "Terahertz (THz) calorimetry," a research team from the Cluster of Excellence Ruhr Explores Solvation…

Most proteins localize to distinct protein-rich droplets in cells, also known as "cellular condensates." Such proteins contain sequence features that function as address labels, telling the protein which condensate to move into. When the…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many live musical events and festivals were postponed and even canceled to protect musicians and audience members. When they started performing again, many groups resorted to performing with remote or limited…

Aqueous droplet formation by liquid-liquid phase separation (or coacervation) in macromolecules is a hot topic in life sciences research. Of these various macromolecules that form droplets, DNA is quite interesting because it is predictable…

In humans, virtually every cell stores fat. However, patients with a rare condition called congenital lipodystrophy, which is often diagnosed in childhood, cannot properly store fat, which accumulates in the body's organs and increases the…

A modeling study raises questions about how far respiratory droplets, like those that transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, can travel before becoming harmless. Can the airborne particles that carry the virus remain infectious not just…

Masks to protect people from illness come in all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately. During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering and the University of Texas MD Anderson…

Life starts with one cell. When an organism develops, dividing cells specialize to form the variety of tissues and organs that build up the adult body, while keeping the same genetic material -- contained in our DNA. In a process known as…

Modeling such behavior in a variety of scenarios for particles that range from less than 1 micrometer in size to 1,000 micrometers proves challenging. Researchers describe the dispersion of…