Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell and its environment.

Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops ...

When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather ...

Even after decades of peering into cells, biologists are still finding surprises. In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, ...

Jasmine Plummer shares the spatial omics techniques she has developed to investigate the cellular processes underlying ...