Researchers have developed a theoretical framework that shows how living cell membranes can generate electricity from molecular fluctuations. The work is published in the journal PNAS Nexus. Pradeep ...

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 ...

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers are applying fuel cell technology to new applications like sustainable energy and water treatment. In a study published in Frontiers in Membrane Science and ...

Institute of Optical Functional Materials for Biomedical Imaging, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian ...

1 Department of Gastrointestinal, Hernia and Enteric Fistula Surgery, The People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China 2 Laboratory of General Surgery, Renmin ...

This fundamental work substantially advances our understanding of how the glycocalyx of cells provide a non-specific barrier for the interaction of viruses with cell-surface receptors. Using both in ...

Brains run on timing. A fraction of a second can decide whether one message arrives before another and changes what a circuit does. Signals travel along axons – the thin extensions of brain cells ...

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China Cell membrane vesicles (CMVs), including outer membrane vesicles from bacteria and exosomes from mammalian cells ...

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 ...

Every cell in the human body is surrounded by a semi-permeable membrane that needs to protect the contents of the cell while also allowing essential nutrients and ions to pass through. Compounds ...