In our ears, outer-hair-cell bundles (OHBs) convert sound-induced forces into receptor currents that drive cochlear amplification, the process responsible for the micropascal-scale threshold and ...
Pre-shaped microbeams, curved or inclined, are widely used in MEMS for their interesting stiffness properties. These mechanisms allow a wide range of positive and negative stiffness tuning in their ...
In a recent study published in the journal Science Robotics, a team of researchers created a magnetic microrobot probe that can quantify the stiffness and traction force of tumor cell colonies and ...