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The ability to propel against flows, that is, to perform positive rheotaxis, can provide exciting opportunities for applications in targeted therapeutics and non-invasive surgery. So far no biocompatible technologies exist for navigating microparticles upstream when they are in a background fluid flow. Inspired by many naturally occurring microswimmers—such as bacteria, spermatozoa […]
Talks are open to the public if you want to attend these next few classes for the semester. The most recent speaker graduated from UC Berkeley in Bioengineering and now works with Stanford to design models of the brain for neurosurgeons. Biology and design intersect again. In this one unit P/NP […]
The aerodynamic designs of winged drones are optimized for specific flight regimes. Large lifting surfaces provide maneuverability and agility but result in larger power consumption, and thus lower range, when flying fast compared with small lifting surfaces. Birds like the northern goshawk meet these opposing aerodynamic requirements of aggressive flight in […]
Human Biological Variation is a great course that explores the genetic basis of mammalian variation and its evolution. It also discusses the human context/ethical context in which the research was conducted.
Microbes are a vast and unexplored field of research. Taq polymerase was one of the first breakthroughs in microbiology, and it can live in depths at extreme temperatures. There is a lot of potential for startups, and synthetic biology could be the next revolutionary field of research.
Lisa White Assistant Director (Education and Outreach) Lisa joined the UCMP in July 2012 as Director of Education and Outreach. She comes to the UCMP after a 22-year history at San Francisco State University where she held positions of Professor of Geosciences and Associate Dean of the College of Science and […]
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I imagine that the neurological circuits underlying these processes are governed by both 2d spacing maps with their brains as…
to reduce the impact of car accidents, it may be possible to study the force diverting physics of cockroaches to…
you see this type of head-bobbing stability in many avian creatures related to pigeons like chickens. the head ability to…
not like they taught horses how to run! this is an example of convergent evolution where both sea creatures and…
The brain functions in a similar way with neuronal connections. our brains are able to utilize the multiplicity of connections…