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

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

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

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

The chemical reactions on which life depends need a place to happen. That place is the cell. All the things which biology recognises as indisputably alive are either cells or conglomerations of cells ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular processes can create voltage spikes similar to those used by neurons. These ...

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

Lipid bilayers in mammalian membranes can have a more asymmetric composition than previously thought, new research shows. This lipid abundance asymmetry is enabled by the unique properties of ...

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions. For example, ...

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