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September 03, 2019

The Stormy Fluid Dynamics of the Living Cell, Physics Today

Fluid dynamics of a living cell

September 02, 2019

Mystery Solved About the Machines That Move Your Genes By Thomas Sumner

An illustration of a kinesin motor molecule walking across a microtubule

July 08, 2019

Building a Network That Learns Like We Do

Diagram of artificial neural network

July 02, 2019

Toward a Grand Unified Theory of Spindles

Computer model of kinesin protein walking on microtubule

May 27, 2019

New Causes of Autism Found in ‘Junk’ DNA By Thomas Sumner

Portrait photo of Olga Troyanskaya

April 04, 2019

How ALS Progresses on Genetic and Cellular Level Revealed by High-Res Spinal Cord Study By Thomas Sumner

A human spinal tissue sample. On top of the image are a series of colored spots representative of gene expression.

April 01, 2019

Michael Shelley Named Director of Center for Computational Biology By Thomas Sumner

Portrait photo of Michael Shelley

March 05, 2019

Swimming Microbes Steer Themselves into Mathematical Order, University of Wisconsin-Madison

A sheet of tiny swimming organisms that “push” themselves through fluid with, say, flagella, create forces in the liquid that bend the sheet in asymmetric, shrinking folds