/
partner with:

Content: Volume 8, Issue 4

showing 6-7 of 7 breaks
The Mystery of the Lizard Tail

When lizards are under attack, they break off their tails in a fraction of a second and escape. Scientifically, this is known as tail or caudal autotomy. Since the tail is an important organ of lizards for survival as it helps them nourish, run, leap,... click to read more

  • Navajit S. Baban | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    •
  • Yong-Ak Song | Associate Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; New York University, New York, USA
    •
biomimetics
lizard tail autotomy
fracture mechanics
adhesion
cohesive zone models
Views 10083
Reading time 3 min
published on Oct 17, 2022
Floppy proteins and the hidden sequences they use to communicate

When the first protein structure was solved in 1958, scientists knew they had broken into a new frontier of biology. They felt that a protein’s structure would reveal all the secrets of its function, and almost 70 years down the line, over 150,000 structures have... click to read more

  • Theresa Hwang | PhD Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    •
  • Amy Keating | Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    •
cancer
proteins
interaction specificity
Views 3071
Reading time 4 min
published on Oct 11, 2022