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

Sechenov University in Moscow introduces groundbreaking cell-based technology for eardrum repair, utilizing patients' own ...

Scientists suggest increasing what is understood about exocytosis could one day inform many fields of applied science.

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

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

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...

Custom polymer structures can now be 3D printed inside living cells using laser-based fabrication, opening paths to intracellular sensors, cell tracking tags, and embedded microlasers.

The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the brain and ...

Kanazawa University, in collaboration with Osaka University and the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, ...

A single damaged protein inside one brain cell may seem insignificant. Yet new research shows how that small mistake can ...

Lysosomes are the recycling centers of human cells. Larger molecules are broken down inside the membrane-enclosed vesicles. Malfunctions can lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.