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Biology’s snowflakes: why fractal patterns in human kidney cells matter
What do human kidney cells and snowflakes have in common and why does it matter? In a recent Nature Communications paper, we show that fractality is not just descriptive, but a powerful design principle that guides cell maturation, enabling more faithful modelling of complex organs like the kidney.
Delivering Light on Topical Collection “Discover Advances in the Design and Synthesis of Nano- Optics and Applications”
Recently it was reported High bright mono-coloured light delivery by confined laser dyes within single and dimeric silicon photonics nanoplatforms for Bio-FRET speciation assays. It was shown how Nanophotonics could provide us new Nanotools made of Light for Biophotonics!
Planar Lightsheet Optical Tweezer (pLOT) - A new tool for scientific discovery
The planar lightsheet optical tweezer (pLOT) holds the key to new kinds of experiments that are constrained to two dimensions (2D). This paves the way for optical trapping, manipulation, and imaging of live objects, and may helps unlock quantum interactions between two bodies (atomic physics).
Hydrogel–elastomer-based conductive nanomembranes for soft bioelectronics
With a total thickness of 350 nm, THIN remains structurally hard and self-supportive, yet upon hydration immediately self-adapts to microscopic topologies and directly integrates with living organisms, thereby bypassing the limitations of previous approaches.
