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

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

Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike prokaryotes, ...

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.

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

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

Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

Collaboration between researchers at the University of Geneva, Institut de biologie structurale de Grenoble, and the University of Fribourg has shown how lipids and proteins in cell membranes react in ...

Unlike our organs, cell organelles such as mitochondria are not fixed in place, but when, where, how, and why organelles move remain unclear. Research published in the Biophysical Journal shows that ...

A study could open new pathways for understanding how cholesterol influences cell membranes and their receptors, paving the way for future research on diseases linked to membrane organization. A new ...

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