Institute of Biophysics

Escalating competition in changing seas: baleen whales exploit killer whale prey herding

Abstract Climate change and other anthropogenic pressures are rapidly reshaping marine ecosystems, altering prey availability and predator interactions. Yet empirical evidence of how these relationships shift under changing conditions remains scarce. Drawing on over a decade of m...

Mitochondria-Disrupting Aminocarbyne−DMAP Diiron(I) Complexes Perturb Iron Homeostasis with Marginal ROS Contribution in Cancer Cells

Abstract Five diiron complexes, [Fe2Cp2(CO)(dmap)(μ-CO){μ-CN(Me)(R)}]CF3SO3 (3a-e), were synthesized from readily available tris-carbonyl precursors and characterized. The complexes display ≈10−4 M aqueous solubility, amphiphilicity, and 50−74% of intact complex remaining after 7...

Effect of stochasticity on the dynamics of a lac operon model with multiple delays

Abstract We have investigated the stability of a mathematical model of the lac operon with multiple time delays, enhanced with stochastic perturbations. Sufficient conditions for exponential mean square stability have been used to determine analytical threshold values. Numerical...

Geometry-Based Description for Hydrogen Bond Organization in Small Water Clusters Derived from Spectroscopic and Quantum Chemical Data

Hydrogen-bond organization plays a central role in determining the structure and properties of water from molecular to macroscopic scales. In this study, we propose a geometry-based descriptor for small hydrogen-bonded water clusters, (H2O)n, with n = 2–6. The central element of...

Fatty Acid-Based(Deep) Eutectic Solvents ThermodynamicBehavior and Thermal Properties for Low-Temperature Thermal EnergyStorage

Abstract The mismatch between heat supply and heat demand can be resolved by better utilization of low temperature waste heat with the help of low-temperature thermal energy storage (TES). In this work, binary mixtures of thymol (THY) with decanoic acid (C10), undecanoic acid (C1...