Technology for Controlling Neural Activity with Light—Discoveries Supporting Optogenetics and Beyond (2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)Hello, this is makokon. On October 5, 2026, Karl ...

A new review proposes that the ratio of monounsaturated to polyunsaturated membrane phospholipids acts as a tunable rheostat ...

Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel discovered channelrhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein in single-celled algae. Blue light opens the protein channel, letting ions flow inside to create an electrical ...

Leucine, the amino acid sold in tubs and bars for building muscle, also stands guard over the machinery inside mitochondria.

Epithelial cells form the body's frontline barriers, helping keep microbes, toxins, and other harmful substances out.

Vishwakarma said this research is the first showing real-time reactions for unstable oxygen molecules measured at ...

Scientists are using cell-free transcription and translation systems to synthesize proteins, design biology-based sensors and ...

There's a lot we know about the human body and what it's constituent parts look like, despite that, there's still a lot we ...

Certain brain cells in mice became more active the longer the animals stayed awake, then quieted after sleep began. Turning on those cells made rested mice sleep longer and more deeply, while ...

Researchers at Juntendo University have uncover a lipid signaling pathway that helps epithelial cells respond to membrane injury. Bacterial toxins can create pores in epithelial cell membranes, ...