Biophysics

Overview of the experimental setup for tactile detection in a granular substrate. (a) Human experimental setup, showing a participant's finger scooping sand into a box filled with sand, with an LED strip guiding the path of movement and a cube buried in fixed positions. (b) Robotic experimental setup, including a UR5 arm with a tactile sensor and a cube buried in sand. (c) Schematic diagram of the scooping process. Credit: Queen Mary University of London.

New study: Humans are capable of “remote touch” and identify objects buried in sand before contact

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Experiments indicate higher-than-expected tactile sensitivity; humans achieved 70.7% accuracy, and researchers see potential for robotics, assistive technologies, and searching in limited visibility conditions
He has won many awards for his scientific work, including the Israel Prize and the Wolf Prize. Meir Wilczek in the laboratory | Photo: Kobi Kalmanovich, A.M.T. Prize, Wikipedia

The scientist with a connection to life: 90th anniversary of Meir Wilczek, the Holocaust survivor who conquered the world of biochemistry

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From a hungry child who wandered through camps, exile, and kolkhozes in Kyrgyzstan – to a leading scientist at the Weizmann Institute, developer of affinity chromatography and the avidin-biotin system, winner of the Israel Prize and the Wolf Prize: Prof. Meir Wilczek celebrates 90 and continues
Credit: ACS Nano (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c06285

Israeli research reveals: Electron spin influences the formation of Alzheimer's proteins

Researchers from the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University have shown that magnetic surfaces affect the aggregation process of amyloid fibers – a finding that opens new avenues for treatment
Above a certain particle density value (subunit concentration) the rotational motion and collisions between the coiled polymers lead to the formation of ring-like aggregate structures. [Source: C. Hohmann (Nanosystems Initiative Munich)]

Biophysics of bacterial cell division

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