The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...
Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...
Electricity has always been central to how life works, from the firing of neurons to the beating of the heart, but new ...
Cells have always hummed with activity. They make their own energy, package it into molecules like ATP, and spend it ...
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 the cell's recycling stations, the lysosomes, start leaking, it can become dangerous. Toxic waste risks spreading and ...
Our cells are surrounded by a fragile membrane that's only 5 nanometers thick, 1/20 of a soap bubble. Cells are easily damaged by physiological activities, including muscle contraction and tissue ...
Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered using cryo-electron tomography, which literally freezes them in time, and ...