Biological processes that govern our lives are many, intertwined, and often difficult to understand. They involve countless ...

A collaborative team of four professors and several graduate students from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemical ...

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

Measuring membrane thickness was previously only possible in artificial membranes—now scientists can do it inside intact ...

A Scripps team has adapted advanced imaging and computation to measure cell membrane thickness inside intact animal and yeast ...

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 ...

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic material that determines nearly every aspect of their functioning. This ...

Cancer cells have softer membranes than healthy cells. New nanoparticles exploit this physical difference to fuse selectively ...

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...