Brain cell signals travel along axons, the thin wire-like extensions of neurons, moving signals along the membrane in a pearl ...

Infrared vibrational spectroscopy at BESSY II can be used to create high-resolution maps of molecules inside live cells and ...

The antimicrobial triclosan is widely used in personal hygiene products, textiles and plastics, but when it enters the ...

A groundbreaking study from Northwestern University uncovers the role of TRPM3 in temperature sensing in human cells, ...

A team of Northwestern investigators has discovered novel molecular underpinnings of a common oncogenic mutation in cancer, ...

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst.

A Jacobs School researcher is focused on learning more about how tight junctions form naturally — and how their breakdown can lead to disease.

Once a sperm has broken through to an egg cell in order to fertilise it, the two cells need to hold together tightly. This ...

Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the ...

(A) The Incucyte® Apoptosis Assay allows automated imaging and quantitative analysis of every well of a 96/384-well plate, ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.