The field of cellular biophysics and signal processing explores the intricate relationship between the physical properties of cellular components and the mechanisms by which cells manage and transmit ...

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for interrogating the biophysical properties of cancer cells at nanometre resolution. By mechanically probing the cell surface and ...

Lipids in cell membranes regulate the activity of a cancer-linked protein, cell biologists at RIKEN have discovered. This finding, published in the journal eLife, could pave the way for novel ...

NORTH GREENBUSH — Applied BioPhysics received a two-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund its continued research and cultivation of advanced biomedical instruments.

Researchers use light stimuli to shape cells and develop a model that explains the mechanisms – with implications for synthetic biology. A main characteristic of all living organisms is that cells can ...

It’s a familiar image, reprinted in countless biology textbooks: an illustration of a typical cell, halved like a grapefruit to reveal its innards. Strands of endoplasmic reticulum encircle a nucleus ...

‘Tiny biological batteries’ can change the cell membrane’s electrical properties – a discovery that has big implications for health, as many essential cellular processes hinge upon precise electrical ...

Lipid bilayers in mammalian membranes can have a more asymmetric composition than previously thought, new research shows. This lipid abundance asymmetry is enabled by the unique properties of ...

The cells in our bodies move in groups during biological processes such as wound healing and tissue development – but because of resistance, or viscosity, those cells can’t just neatly glide past each ...

The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without sustaining damage from dangerously intense rays. Living on light is a dangerous ...