Scientists found that nanopores’ electrical charges control how ions flow and when pores temporarily shut down. The discovery could allow engineers to design nanopores that “learn” like synapses for ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Dynamin is a protein that plays a central role in endocytosis—the process where cells internalize substances by wrapping them in cell membrane vesicles. For a vesicle to detach, the neck of the ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to ...

An international study led by the University of Basel has discovered that nuclear pore complexes – tiny gateways in the nuclear membrane – are not ...

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch brings Sam Fisher out of retirement for one final mission, but maybe it shouldn't have bothered. While it occasionally sparks into life in the final act (with Liev Schreiber ...

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from the human placenta amniotic membrane (hAMSCs) have emerged as a promising option in regenerative therapies due to their multipotent differentiation and ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

In a bid to better understand how cancer cells power their explosive growth and spread, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have shed new light on the location and function of ...

Norwegian researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking new membrane technology for hydrogen fuel cells. “A new membrane technology – so light and thin that it makes an A4 sheet of paper feel like thick ...

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While lab ...