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

There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...

Antimicrobial resistance and ecological disruption caused by broad-spectrum disinfectants have created an urgent need for ...

At the recent ELRIG Drug Discovery conference, Technology Networks<i/> spoke with Dr. Kundan Sharma to learn more about how cell-free expression platforms are transforming membrane protein research.

Biologists have long treated the cell as a chemical factory, but a new wave of research is forcing a rethink of that familiar ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising viral shortcut that turns moving cells into delivery vehicles for infection. Instead of spreading one virus at a time, infected cells bundle viral material into ...

Prof. Hong Xu's team in Tsinghua University reports a substrate-assisted interfacial polymerization approach to easily prepare a uniform, large-area, and microcontinuous 3D-COF membrane, and ...

The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.

To ensure that protein production in our cells runs smoothly, the protein complex NAC slows down the rate of protein synthesis right at the start.

Carbon ID hydrogen fuel cell bipolar plates for aerospace combine contradictory properties for a corrosion-free alternative ...

Not all oils are created equally when it comes to their impact on our health, i.e, their nutritional values. The reason ...