Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike prokaryotes, ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a type of enzyme with a complicated name. Cell migration inducing and hyaluronan-binding protein (CEMIP) is associated with disorders ...

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 ...

Measuring membrane thickness was previously only possible in artificial membranes—now scientists can do it inside intact ...

A study could open new pathways for understanding how cholesterol influences cell membranes and their receptors, paving the way for future research on diseases linked to membrane organization. A new ...

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

Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary ...

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

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. More than 1.5 billion years ago, a momentous thing happened: Two small, primitive cells became one. Perhaps more than any event—barring the ...