(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanofluidic channels feature a unique unipolar ionic transport when properly designed and constructed. Recent research in nanofluidics has adopted reconstructed layered ...

Researchers at New York University and the University of Chicago have developed artificial, fully synthetic cell-like structures that autonomously ingest, process, and push out material, recreating an ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 15, No. 45 (October 1964), pp. 422-427 (6 pages) The electrical potential difference between the exuding sap of detopped castor oil plants and the external 1 mM ...

If you've ever run a big marathon in your city, you'll know the feeling can be electric. Blocked off streets, cars temporarily banished from the road and a sense of enormous freedom as you run. The ...

Lin Yang, Liang Hu, J Aaron Hipp, Kellie R Imm, Rudolph Schutte, Brendon Stubbs, Graham A Colditz and Lee Smith BackgroundTo investigate associations between active transport, employment status and ...

Inspired by micro-scale motions of nature, a group of researchers has developed a new design for transporting colloidal particles, tiny cargo suspended in substances such as fluids or gels, more ...

New fundamental physics research provides insights on the process of diffusion in complex systems such as living organisms. This new theoretical framework has broad implications for active surfaces, ...