A method tracks the motion of nucleolar layers to determine the viscoelastic properties of a membraneless organelle.

For centuries, doctors have used their hands as essential diagnostic tools - exploring joints and palpating abdomens to assess a patient's health. Often a cancer will reveal itself as a lump or ...

Typical nanomechanical applications include measuring elastic modulus, friction and adhesion. Viscoelastic materials, which include polymers and biological materials, have elastic properties that ...

Fundamental aspects of polymer rheology, including the theory of linear viscoelasticity, measurement of fundamental flow properties, constitutive equations, the kinetic- molecular theories of ...

When designing polymers to achieve desired characteristics, such as toughness, elasticity, and resilience, you must not only consider the type of polymer, but also the mechanics of its macromolecular ...

As in other muco-obstructive diseases, the airways in cystic fibrosis (CF) are characterized by goblet cell and glandular hyperplasia, with overproduction of mucins MUC5 and MUC5AC, resulting in ...

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 26, No. 2 (JULY 1968), pp. 167-174 (8 pages) ...

Dynamic polymer networks are ubiquitous in both natural and synthetic systems and feature intricate timescales relating to the kinetic rates of the mesoscale. The topological evolution of these ...