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, ...
Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...
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Structures 3D printed inside living human cells that has one-fifth width of a human hair
Human cells are extremely small and tightly packed – at about 20 micrometers across, roughly one-fifth the width of a human ...
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Scientists may have discovered a usable source of electrical power within cells
Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...
The chemical reactions on which life depends need a place to happen. That place is the cell. All the things which biology recognises as indisputably alive are either cells or conglomerations of cells ...
A team of researchers studied the properties of membranes to understand how these cellular structures influenced the chemistry of life on Earth as it began. How life arose remains a looming question ...
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Discovery lays foundation for understanding how the cell senses membrane injuries
When the cell's recycling stations, the lysosomes, start leaking, it can become dangerous. Toxic waste risks spreading and ...
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