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

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.

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.

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

D-printing objects inside living cells without killing them. Tiny barcodes, optical devices, and even a miniature elephant ...

Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

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

The Clinical Center of I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) has begun performing eardrum repair procedures using tissue equivalents created from patients’ own ...

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

Explore how ceramic membranes are transforming industrial filtration, delivering superior efficiency, durability, chemical ...

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

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