Loop extrusion by structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes has been
proposed as a mechanism to organize chromatin in interphase and metaphase. However, the …

Interactions between liquids and surfaces generate forces 1 , 2 that are crucial for many
processes in biology, physics and engineering, including the motion of insects on the surface of …

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are repaired at DSB sites. How DSB sites assemble and
how broken DNA is prevented from separating is not understood. Here we uncover that the …

Vitamin D signaling regulates cell proliferation and differentiation, and epidemiological data
suggest that it functions as a cancer chemopreventive agent, although the underlying …

Biological, physical, and social systems often display qualitative changes in dynamics.
Developing early warning signals to predict the onset of these transitions is an important goal. …

Chirality represents a fundamental property of spiral waves. Introducing obstacles into cardiac
monolayers leads to the initiation of clockwise-rotating, counterclockwise-rotating, and …

Biological systems contain biochemical control networks that reside within a remarkable
spatial structure. We present a theoretical study of a biological system in which two chemically …

Neuronal hypersynchrony is implicated in epilepsy and other diseases. The low-frequency,
spatially averaged electric fields from many thousands of neurons have been shown to …

Capillary forces are driven by interactions between liquids and surfaces 1 . These forces are
crucial for many processes ranging from biology and physics to engineering, such as the …

Silicosis is the oldest know occupational pulmonary disease. It is a progressive disease and
any level of exposure to respirable crystalline silica particles or dust has the potential to …