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2023 award winner Saad B. was the co-author of a study for PNAS that looks at the fluid dynamics of cicada urination. “Can insects weighing mere grams challenge our current understanding of fluid dynamics in urination, jetting fluids like their larger mammalian counterparts?” Saad and co-author Elio Challita write. “Current fluid urination models, predominantly formulated for mammals, suggest that jetting is confined to animals over 3 kg, owing to viscous and surface tension constraints at microscales. Our findings defy this paradigm by demonstrating that cicadas—weighing just 2 g—possess the capability for jetting fluids through remarkably small orifices.” Read more at: https://lnkd.in/gmyfnNMj #biology #sciencecommunication #fluiddynamics #physics

So, what is spatial biology? 🤔 Let's dive into it! If we piqued your interest, check out our handbook to master the exploration of cellular landscapes. 👉 https://lnkd.in/enYN9pkp

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🔍 Exciting new discovery in marine biology! Researchers have found that sea robins use their leg-like fins to taste and navigate the seafloor. This fascinating finding sheds light on the complex adaptations of marine creatures. Dive deeper into this discovery here: [Sea robins use leg-like fins to taste navigate seafloor researchers discover](https://ift.tt/LiNq6b0). #MarineBiology #SeaRobins #ResearchDiscovery

Curious about the #SEASOUNDS 🐋 #DoctoralNetworks 🇪🇺 project? You want to learn more about our organisation and who is representing our partners institutions in our consortium 🤝? You are eager to discover our #research, #training, and dissemination activities? Don't wait any longer and check our website ➡ https://lnkd.in/dyvymXDG #MSCA #HorizonEurope #EuropeanUnion #MarineSoundscapes #UnderwaterNoiseMitigation #BlueGrowth #MarineLife #underwateracoustics #seismology #bioacoustics #mechanics #marinebiology #seismoacoustics #ecoacoustics #EUresearch

👉 Did you miss our February Laserlab-Europe Talk: “Some representative results on #planetology of laboratory at #LULI” by Alessandra Benuzzi-Mounaix (LULI, France)? 💡 Watch the recording: https://lnkd.in/ehgDk3cj 🎬 Watch all previous Laserlab-Europe Talks on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/eHTvBdiw While the number of exoplanets detected is growing at such an incredible pace as to make them a new class of astrophysical objects, the physical properties required for modelling their interiors are currently lacking. In addition to exoplanet modelling, important controversies also remain for the planets constituting our solar system. The knowledge of basic physical properties of materials composing the planetary interiors is fundamental to understand important phenomena such as magnetic field generation or luminosity. Planetology in laboratory is a domain devoted to characterize matter at planetary interior conditions by recreating in a controlled laboratory environment these conditions. Here, I present a summary of relevant results obtained mainly on LULI2000 using shock and alternative compression methods coupled with visible and X-ray diagnostics. We focused our efforts on pure and mixed H2O and NH3 as well as MgO-SiO2 systems [4] that are relevant for planetary interiors. We measured equations of state, reflectivity along the principal Hugoniot, as well as some off-Hugoniot conditions (using static and dynamic pre-compression). We also developed the X-ray diffraction diagnostic to obtain information on structural changes in situ. #laboratory #planetology #laboratoryplanetology #astrophysics #planetaryinterior #xray 

Dive into the details of EMBL’s TREC project, a groundbreaking expedition dedicated to understanding coastal ecosystems and their responses to environmental changes. The team is collecting samples from European coastlines and analyzing them to explore biodiversity and molecular adaptability of microbial organisms like phytoplankton. Cryo-EM techniques have enabled researchers to study the molecular architecture of single celled organisms. Watch the full video to learn more about the TREC project and the impact of cryo-EM on structural biology. https://ter.li/itdh3o #cryoEM #CoastalBiology #StructuralBiology #EMBL

Looking at delicate deep-sea drifters reveals adaptations to life under pressure. Deep-sea animals live under crushing amounts of pressure generated by the immense weight of the water above. Comb jellies are a diverse group of gelatinous animals found across a range of marine habitats, from the ocean’s sunlit surface to the abyssal seafloor. A new study published in Science today by scientists at the University of California, San Diego with an interdisciplinary team of researchers, including MBARI marine biologists, has revealed how comb jellies manage to thrive under pressure. For comb jellies, an adaptation in their cellular membranes is key to surviving high pressure. Greasy molecules called lipids that make up membranes have a different shape in deep-sea species than in shallow-water ones. The cone shape of these molecules helps keep the cellular membranes of deep-sea comb jellies dynamic under pressure. These molecules are also abundant in our own nerve cells and their loss is linked to conditions like Alzheimer’s. Studying deep-sea comb jellies could one day help us find ways to restore membrane function in human brains. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gryE7_yM

Dive into the details of EMBL’s TREC project, a groundbreaking expedition dedicated to understanding coastal ecosystems and their responses to environmental changes. The team is collecting samples from European coastlines and analyzing them to explore biodiversity and molecular adaptability of microbial organisms like phytoplankton. Cryo-EM techniques have enabled researchers to study the molecular architecture of single celled organisms. Watch the full video to learn more about the TREC project and the impact of cryo-EM on structural biology. https://ter.li/itdh3o #cryoEM #CoastalBiology #StructuralBiology #EMBL

Dive into the details of EMBL’s TREC project, a groundbreaking expedition dedicated to understanding coastal ecosystems and their responses to environmental changes. The team is collecting samples from European coastlines and analyzing them to explore biodiversity and molecular adaptability of microbial organisms like phytoplankton. Cryo-EM techniques have enabled researchers to study the molecular architecture of single celled organisms. Watch the full video to learn more about the TREC project and the impact of cryo-EM on structural biology. https://ter.li/itdh3o #cryoEM #CoastalBiology #StructuralBiology #EMBL