All known life forms are made up of cells enclosed by lipid membranes that separate and protect the cell’s contents. The ...

Cells are surrounded by a membrane - the plasma membrane - which acts as a physical barrier but must also be malleable. These properties are endowed by the constituent components of membranes - lipids ...

Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary ...

A new phase-transformable membrane could revolutionize CO2 capture and gas separation, boosting clean energy efforts.

Industrial gas separation, essential for clean energy and environmental protection, demands efficiency and adaptability.

Researchers at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) at Kyoto University and the Department of ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

A Japanese team has developed a technique to insert chloroplasts isolated from algae into animal cells, a feat that could ...

Inside cells, there exists an extensive system of canals known as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which consists of membrane-encased tubes that are partially broken down as needed -- for instance in ...