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As you read this sentence, trillions of cells are moving around in your body. From the red blood cells being pumped by your heart, to the immune cells racing across your lymphatic system, everything you need to live pulsates and flows in a turbulent dance of finely tuned biological machinery.

Because its are so unique, understanding the of flowing biological cells like these has been an important topic of research. New insights can lead to the development of better microfluidic devices that study disease, and even improve the function of artificial hearts. However, live tracking and observing flowing cells as it moves across the body is still a challenge.

Now, utilizing , researchers from Japan have succeeded in recreating the fluid dynamics of flowing cells. In their paper, published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, the team created an in-silico cell model—a simulation of biological cells—by programming them as deformable “capsules,” and placed them in a simulated tube under a pulsating “flow,” mimicking how cells travel through a vessel.

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A new study shows that electron spins—tiny magnetic properties of atoms that can store information—can be protected from decohering (losing their quantum state) much more effectively than previously thought, simply by applying low magnetic fields.

Normally, these spins quickly lose coherence when they interact with other particles or absorb certain types of light, which limits their usefulness in technologies like or atomic clocks. But the researchers discovered that even interactions that directly relax or disrupt the spin can be significantly suppressed using weak magnetic fields.

This finding expands our understanding of how to control and opens new possibilities for developing more stable and precise quantum devices.

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The same unique structure that makes plastic so versatile also makes it susceptible to breaking down into harmful micro- and nanoscale particles. The world is saturated with trillions of microscopic and nanoscopic plastic particles, some smaller than a virus, making them small enough to interfere

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In a groundbreaking experiment, physicists observed a classic liquid phenomenon—capillary instability—in a quantum gas for the first time. By cooling a mix of potassium and rubidium atoms near absolute zero, researchers created tiny self-bound droplets that behave like liquid despite remaining in

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Scientists have identified tricellulin loss as the root cause of dry mouth in Sjögren’s syndrome, and successfully reversed it in lab models. A major breakthrough has identified the loss of a crucial “gatekeeper” protein as the underlying cause of dry mouth in Sjögren’s syndrome, a discovery that

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Scientists from the KATRIN experiment have achieved the most precise upper limit ever recorded for the mass of the mysterious neutrino – clocking in at less than 0.45 electron volts.

This breakthrough not only tightens the constraints on one of the universe’s most elusive particles but also challenges and extends the boundaries of the Standard Model of physics.

Breaking new ground in neutrino mass measurement.

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When doing tasks that require little attention, people who let their minds wander show brain activity similar to sleep. This sleep-like activity has been linked to improved performance. When people let their minds wander during tasks that require focus and active thinking, their learning and perf

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Astronomers have discovered that the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy, is being torn apart by the gravitational pull of its larger neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud.

By tracking thousands of massive stars, researchers found that the galaxy lacks rotational motion and shows signs of disruption, which could dramatically shift our understanding of how galaxies interact and evolve. This discovery offers a rare real-time look into the cosmic tug-of-war that may have shaped galaxies in the early universe.

Gravitational Tug-of-War Between Galaxies.

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A machine learning method has the potential to revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy. Detecting binary neutron star mergers is a top priority for astronomers. These rare collisions between dense stellar remnants produce gravitational waves followed by bursts of light, offering a unique opportunit

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