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Biophysics is a branch of science concerned with the study of biological systems using methods borrowed or derived from the physical sciences.

Thematically, it targets all characteristics of life, namely homeostasis, compositionality, metabolism, growth, adaptation, irritability and reproduction and thus covers all levels of biological organization, from the atomic and molecular level via cells, organs and tissues to individual organisms, species, ecosystems, the biosphere, and astrobiology. Methodologically, it employs a wide range of experimental and theoretical techniques from neighbouring scientific disciplines, as long as they are applicable to the scale of interest and compatible with the biological objects under study.

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-'''Biophysics''' is a branch of [[science]] concerned with the study of [[biology|biological systems]] using [[experiment]]al and [[theory|theoretical]] methods borrowed or derived from the [[physical sciences]]. It covers all [[levels of biological organization]], from the [[atomic]] and [[molecular]] level via [[cell]]s, [[organ]]s and [[tissue]]s to individual [[organism]]s, [[species]], [[ecosystem]]s, the [[biosphere]], and [[astrobiology]].
+'''Biophysics''' is a branch of [[science]] concerned with the study of [[biology|biological systems]] using methods borrowed or derived from the [[physical sciences]].
+Thematically, it targets all characteristics of [[life]], namely [[homeostasis]], [[compositionality]], [[metabolism]], [[growth]], [[adaptation]], [[irritability]] and [[reproduction]] and thus covers all levels of [[biological organization]], from the [[atomic]] and [[molecular]] level via [[cell]]s, [[organ]]s and [[tissue]]s to individual [[organism]]s, [[species]], [[ecosystem]]s, the [[biosphere]], and [[astrobiology]]. Methodologically, it employs a wide range of [[experiment]]al and [[theory|theoretical]] techniques from neighbouring scientific [[discipline]]s, as long as they are applicable to the [[scale]] of interest and compatible with the biological objects under study.