We are taught that plasma membranes are a typical lipid bilayer, but how do we know this, and who figured it out? Aa Aa Aa Most books mention that membranes have a typical "lipid bilayer," but why ...

(ii) Each leaflet of the cell's bilayer membranes has a different lipid composition and thus different phase behavior. Yet the separate determination of lipid compositions for each half of a ...

Lipid bilayer forms a water-impermeable barrier that defines the boundary of a cell and of specialized compartments within a cell. Membrane proteins are embedded in lipid bilayers and serve a wide ...

This important study characterizes the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using molecular dynamics simulations. A mesoscale model of bolalipids is presented and evaluated ...

Scientists from Rice University and their collaborators have unveiled a groundbreaking technique to combat cancer cells, ...

In contrast to organelles with a lipid bilayer membrane, membraneless structures are formed through a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation. When it comes to how and why cells create and use ...

This work presents a membrane-targeted azobenzene (MT) as light-responsive tool for cell stimulation. MT photoisomerization ...

While most solar cells on the market today are made of silicon ... Uppsala University and other institutes recently designed a self-assembled bilayer film that could overcome the limitations ...

Now, engineers at Rice University in the United States have developed a method that promises to produce stable, efficient bilayer perovskite solar cells. The scientists found the appropriate ...