Physics of Living Systems

Physics of Living Systems

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Latest articles

    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Female-dominated disciplines have lower evaluated research quality and funding success rates, for men and women

    Alex James, Franca Buelow ... Ann Brower
    There is a systemic bias in research evaluation, i.e., disciplines with a higher proportion of women have lower evaluations and funding success for all researchers, regardless of gender.
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    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Light-driven synchronization of optogenetic clocks

    Maria Cristina Cannarsa, Filippo Liguori ... Roberto Di Leonardo
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Long-distance electron transport in multicellular freshwater cable bacteria

    Tingting Yang, Marko S Chavez ... Mohamed Y El-Naggar
    A biophysical approach sheds light on the electron transport physics and electric metabolism of centimeter-long filamentous freshwater cable bacteria.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Local Volume Concentration, Packing Domains and Scaling Properties of Chromatin

    Marcelo Cangnano, Martin Kröger ... Igal Szleifer
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    The exchange dynamics of biomolecular condensates

    Yaojun Zhang, Andrew GT Pyo ... Ned S Wingreen

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    The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
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    Ecole Normale Superieure, France
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