Electricity has always been central to how life works, from the firing of neurons to the beating of the heart, but new ...

Biologists have long treated cell membranes as passive barriers, thin skins that separate the chemistry of life from the ...

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

Scientists have uncovered new details about how cells manage the distribution of lipids in their cell membrane. These lipids, known as phospholipids, are arranged in a bilayer of membranes, regulating ...

When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ensure the signal reaches the correct effector without triggering pathways ...

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 ...

Scientists at Stanford University have uncovered a novel physical mechanism that breast cancer cells use to break out and become invasive. They observed that in addition to established chemical ...

But when the Johns Hopkins team examined cancer cells grown in the lab, they found that energy-generating enzymes gather and move as waves on the cell membrane, suggesting a more fine-tuned energy ...

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