New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have employed a genetic method ...

The mysterious goo, which a marine superintendent found in a ship’s rudder shaft housing comprised a whole new order of ...

A mysterious tar-like liquid appeared on the deck of the R/V Blue Heron, a research vessel exploring Lake Superior. When the ...

In every living cell, there are membranes, and in every membrane there are proteins, each of which acts as a chemical ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

A world-first artificial cell can chase chemicals using only a membrane, an enzyme, and a pore—no DNA or motors needed.

Scientists have developed a membrane that can be tuned to selectively enhance or suppress ion flow, mimicking how living ...

Researchers from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Northwestern University have turned ...

A research team led by Prof. HU Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a ...

LMU researchers have demonstrated a possible mechanism for metabolic processes without cell membranes in water-filled pores.