A small change in acidity can transform the world around us. A squeeze of lemon changes the taste of food. Vinegar preserves ...

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

An artificial cell assembled from non-living chemical components has been created that can take in nutrients, grow, divide ...

Permeasis Therapeutics (“Permeasis”), a biotechnology company developing intracellular biologics enabled by its proprietary Membrane Translocation Domain (MTD) platform announced the publication of ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

The lipid asymmetry of the plasma membrane and its regulated release through lipid scrambling are critical determinants of membrane properties and functions. Such scrambling occurs during many ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark, and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers: At ...

The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers: At the deepest point, the pressure of 36,200 feet of seawater is ...

Collaboration between researchers at the University of Geneva, Institut de biologie structurale de Grenoble, and the University of Fribourg has shown how lipids and proteins in cell membranes react in ...

Cell membranes play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and functionality of cells. However, the mechanisms by which they perform these roles are not yet fully understood. Scientists have used ...