Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

When the cell's recycling stations, the lysosomes, start leaking, it can become dangerous. Toxic waste risks spreading and ...

Researchers have determined that condensates are electrically charged droplets that can induce voltage changes across the ...

Living cells may generate electricity through the natural motion of their membranes. These fast electrical signals could play ...

New evidence of electrical power generation on cell membranes could offer insights into how living cells interact with their ...

Cell membrane chromatography (CMC) is an innovative bioaffinity technique that utilises immobilised cell membranes to replicate the native configuration and function of membrane proteins. This ...

Measuring membrane thickness was previously only possible in artificial membranes—now scientists can do it inside intact ...

Located at the cellular interface, membrane proteins play critical regulatory roles in the signaling between a cell and its interacting environment, making them popular and ideal drug targets.

Cells have always hummed with activity. They make their own energy, package it into molecules like ATP, and spend it ...

While our cells are performing some important, basic functions, they can generate compounds known as reactive oxygen species ...