If you've ever accidentally sliced yourself on broken glass or a piece of paper, you may have noticed that the bleeding can be hard to stop. Scientists have long wondered how the cascade of events that leads to blood clotting ...
Biotechnology
Sep 12, 2025
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A research team led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a surprising new mechanism that fundamentally alters our understanding of ion transport in ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 2, 2025
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Due to strict environmental regulations, farmers are not allowed to spread all of their manure on their land. At the same time, they use synthetic fertilizers to provide their crops with sufficient nutrients. The result: ...
Agriculture
Jun 8, 2025
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Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, adjusting the permeability of the membrane can improve drug delivery. Adding signaling molecules to the ...
Bio & Medicine
May 27, 2025
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Charged surfaces in contact with liquids—such as biological cell walls or battery electrodes—attract oppositely charged ions from the liquid. This creates two distinct charged regions: the surface itself and a counter-charged ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 25, 2025
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A new study highlighting the importance of a large protein complex called the exocyst in cell growth, division and communication reveals new functions and mechanisms that are essential to how molecules move across a membrane ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 14, 2025
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Programmed cell death-1, or PD-1, has become a headline-grabbing molecule best known for its role in cancer immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors. A study from Georgia Tech and Emory University researchers is offering ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2024
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Researchers have found that cellular droplets function in more diverse ways than previously known. The ability to fission membranes in cells was previously attributed solely to certain proteins. In a new publication in Nature, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 10, 2024
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Christian de Caestecker, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Ian Macara, Louise B. McGavock Professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, has proposed and validated a mechanism that addresses a decades-old ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2024
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Hundreds of millions of years ago, single cells joined forces to become multicellular organisms. At the foundation of this multicellular world is the cell surface: the plasma membrane surrounding each cell, where individual ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 5, 2024
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