A research team from the Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science at the Toyohashi University of Technology (Professor Ryugo Tero et al.) discovered a phenomenon in which specific lipids were ...
Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...
image: An MIT-led team designed a sensor that may be deployed to screen patients for hard-to-diagnose cancers, or metastatic tumors. The device draws inspiration from the membrane that surrounds all ...
Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...
To stay healthy, our cells rely on a self-cleaning mechanism that removes defective or unnecessary components. This process, ...