by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 30, 2021 | Press release
Above: The scientists’ simulation of damage-causing strain to brain tissues for sudden movements in the coronal direction (swaying the head from shoulder to shoulder). When using a measure that captured strain in any direction (MPS, in figure a), the estimated damage...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 15, 2020 | Press release
View from Messina across the narrow Strait of Messina to Calabria, mainland Italy. This image was originally posted to Flickr by iwillbehomesoon at https://www.flickr.com/photos/46674859@N04/7823267394. It was reviewed on 8 February...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 5, 2020 | Press release
Lab, Computer Experiments to Improve Simulations of Signaling between Nerve and Muscle cells, Offering Clues to Treating a Type of Neurological Disease A new $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will continue a lab-computer collaboration that accurately...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 28, 2018 | Science Highlights
Bridges Helps Univ. of Chicago Team Simulate Cell Movement, Upending Scientific Expectations The movement of white blood cells to fight infections and the spread of cancer cells both rely on the same natural process. The cell reaches out to a new surface with a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 28, 2018 | Science Highlights
Bridges Simulations plus Lab Work on Frog Neuromuscular Junction Sheds Light on Human Diseases When a nerve cell passes a message to its neighbors, it must do so via chemicals sent across the synapse—a small space between the cells. Early researchers studied a synapse...
