Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Membranes are constantly bending as a result of heat fluctuating randomly through the cell. In theory, any voltage produced ...

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell ...

Highly specialized cells such as the cochlear outer hair cells responsible for hearing, exhibit cell membrane movement in response to a change in membrane voltage. In September 27 Nature, Ping-Cheng ...

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