Successful test in breast cancer patients: the active agent digoxin, a cardiac medication, dissolves clusters of circulating breast cancer cells in the blood, thus reducing the risk of metastases ...

Globally, lithium carbonate is produced from either lower-cost evaporation of brine or higher-cost mining of spodumene minerals. Albemarle has a cost advantage in lithium carbonate production due to ...

Ion transport is the movement of ions across a membrane, passively through ion channels or actively through ion pumps such as symporters ... a human voltage-gated sodium channel implicated in ...

Dr Peter Verheyen explores quantum bits and consciousness, focusing this time on biochemical information processing ...

Some tumor types spread throughout the body and develop metastases instead of staying at their original location.

As Australia’s shift from coal to renewables continues at pace, companies are working on innovative ways to store larger ...

Hodgkin's and Huxley's picture of how ion channels behave has proved to be remarkably prescient and robust. Subsequently, Hodgkin turned his attention to the sodium pump and showed that its ...

In 1976 a link between these disorders and the rapid correction of sodium ... ion channels involved in the electrolyte shifts in the first phase of volume change are an area of active research. 7 ...

Cheap, safe, widely available sodium could be used for battery energy storage alongside photovoltaics. The Sodium-Ion-Battery Germany (SIB:DE) Research project is investigating whether sodium-ion ...

While this is a fun, satisfying sight to behold, it's unfortunately temporary. Known as a muscle pump, this type of instant muscle growth occurs for a reason. But does it actually have any ...