Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...

Human cells are extremely small and tightly packed – at about 20 micrometers across, roughly one-fifth the width of a human ...

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

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

image: An MIT-led team designed a sensor that may be deployed to screen patients for hard-to-diagnose cancers, or metastatic tumors. The device draws inspiration from the membrane that surrounds all ...

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.

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 ...

While our cells are performing some important, basic functions, they can generate compounds known as reactive oxygen species ...

When the cell's recycling stations, the lysosomes, start leaking, it can become dangerous. Toxic waste risks spreading and ...

(Nanowerk News) Drawing inspiration from natural sensory systems, an MIT-led team has designed a novel sensor that could detect the same molecules that naturally occurring cell receptors can identify.