Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

Membrane biophysics is the study of the physical ... and the effect they have on paracellular transport and phenomena relating to cell shape. Animal toxins can modulate action potentials and ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

A dietary supplement developed at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has been found to stop the progression of heart ...

Current optical and electron microscopy imaging techniques are not suited for measuring the dynamic characteristics of living microorganisms at tiny scales due to complex sample preparation methods or ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller features, and electron microscopy resolves small structures, but samples ...

Professor Carson Meredith noted that the feasibility of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells depends on new ... Currently, the research team has tackled the low humidity problem with a ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

Communication between oocytes and granulosa cells is essential for oocyte formation, dormancy, reawakening, and maturation. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that a protein ...