When water and ions move together through channels only a nanometer wide, they behave in unusual ways. In these tight spaces, water molecules line up in single file. This forces ions to shed some of ...

Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think.

A tiny roundworm has helped University of Queensland scientists uncover minuscule structures in skin tissue that may protect ...

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic ...

Abstract: We seek to develop techniques for high-resolution imaging of the tree shrew retina for visualizing and parameterizing retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axon bundles in vivo. We applied ...

Schematic of an active cell membrane. In a typical active biological process, active proteins (shown in a variety of colors) in a cell membrane (shown in blue) interact with various biological ...

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers are applying fuel cell technology to new applications like sustainable energy and water treatment. In a study published in Frontiers in Membrane Science and ...

Brains run on timing. A fraction of a second can decide whether one message arrives before another and changes what a circuit does. Signals travel along axons – the thin extensions of brain cells ...

Norwegian researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking new membrane technology for hydrogen fuel cells. “A new membrane technology – so light and thin that it makes an A4 sheet of paper feel like thick ...

An enduring challenge for the commercialization of genetic therapies is delivering the therapeutic molecules to the proper destination within the body. Viruses are natural delivery systems for nucleic ...