we show that leading process extension increases plasma membrane tension. The tension elevation activated the mechanosensitive ion channel Tmem63b and triggered Ca 2+ influx, leading to actomyosin ...

Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-62500 Brno, Czech Republic National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, ...

Nagoya University researchers introduced a phosphonic acid polymer with hydrophobic spacers for fuel cells, achieving high-temperature and low-humidity operation without PFAS-related environmental ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — Researchers have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative condition. The ...

This is a retrospective study of the history, roentgenology and autopsy pathology when appropriate of all infants with severe respiratory-distress syndrome who required twenty-four hours or more ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have generated human stem cell models which contain notochord -- a tissue in the developing embryo that acts like a navigation system, directing cells where to build ...

Cell competition in epithelial tissue eliminates transformed cells expressing activated oncoproteins to maintain epithelial homeostasis. Although the process is now understood to be of mechanochemical ...

Flat-membrane speaker drivers could be acoustically superior to cone-shaped ones, but relying on theoretical benefits isn’t ...