Electricity has always been central to how life works, from the firing of neurons to the beating of the heart, but new ...

New evidence of electrical power generation on cell membranes could offer insights into how living cells interact with their ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular processes can create voltage spikes similar to those used by neurons. These ...

Studies have shown that cells respond to electric fields; electrotaxis is when cells are moving under the influence of an electric field. Electrotaxis is thought to be involved in several important ...

Cells and Cell Fragments in An Electric Field (VIDEO) University of California - Davis Caption Both whole cells and cell fragments that break off move in an electric field, but in opposite directions.

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.

Biologists have long treated cell membranes as passive barriers, thin skins that separate the chemistry of life from the ...