The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

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

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

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

Cells have always hummed with activity. They make their own energy, package it into molecules like ATP, and spend it ...

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

Scientists have uncovered new details about how cells manage the distribution of lipids in their cell membrane. These lipids, known as phospholipids, are arranged in a bilayer of membranes, regulating ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered using cryo-electron tomography, which literally freezes them in time, and ...

Our cells are surrounded by a fragile membrane that's only 5 nanometers thick, 1/20 of a soap bubble. Cells are easily damaged by physiological activities, including muscle contraction and tissue ...

Researchers have discovered that damage to the cell membrane promotes cellular senescence, or cell aging. Our cells are surrounded by a fragile membrane that's only 5 nanometers thick, 1/20 of a soap ...