Electricity has always been central to how life works, from the firing of neurons to the beating of the heart, but new ...

Inside every living cell, proteins and membranes are in constant motion, reshaping, colliding, and flexing as they keep an ...

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

Membranes are constantly bending as a result of heat fluctuating randomly through the cell. In theory, any voltage produced ...

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

An extraordinary experiment on mice and leaves from two different plant species has uncovered direct physical evidence of an ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular processes can create voltage spikes similar to those used by neurons. These ...

Living cells pay a hidden energy price not just to run chemical reactions, but to keep them on track and block all the ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...

A research team has developed a new RNA-based system that can detect coronavirus infection in real time inside living cells—and even trigger antiviral responses only when infection occurs.

Polymers that repel each other can spontaneously phase-separate inside artificial vesicles, like oils in a lava lamp. Interaction between droplets and the cell wall limits the size of the droplets and ...