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What pig hearts and a little noise can teach us about designing better soft valves

Some of the best engineers and inventors are copycats. They look at how the natural world solves complex problems and use those mechanisms as the basis for innovations. But Mother Nature doesn't always give up her secrets easily.

What pig hearts and a little noise can teach us about designing better soft valves

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Disordered environments around tumour cells can promote cancer spread

A biophysics model describing how cancers spread within the human body could help researchers developing new cancer therapies The post Disordered environments around tumour cells can promote cancer…

  • Researchers at ISTA study tumour cell behaviour in disordered environments.
  • Cancer cells detach more frequently in disordered conditions, mirroring metastasis process.

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