The ability to maintain concentration gradients and sometimes move materials against them is vital to cell health and maintenance. Thanks to membrane barriers and transport proteins, the cell can ...

Developing reliable methods to replace dead or damaged tissue is one of the primary goals of regenerative medicine. With ...

In a new Nature Communications study, scientists have developed a novel method for artificial cells to interact with their ...

their surface area — and thus their ability to both take in nutrients and transport electrons — does not increase to the same degree as their volume. As a result, prokaryotic cells tend to be ...

Particles in a liquid and a gas move continuously. Because of this movement, particles will spread themselves evenly throughout a liquid or a gas. Diffusion is an essential process in cells.