Hypertonic solutions have more dissolved stuff (like salt) than the inside of cells, causing water to leave the cells and ...

It all comes down to something called the osmotic pressure formula. This formula helps explain how water moves in and out of ...

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One potential factor is ...

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You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell’s survival and ...

An important new study links pesticides, antibiotics, and nitrogen fertilizers to the extreme global crisis of antibiotic ...

The researchers are investigating the interaction of different cell types at the border between blood vessels and the brain. A particular focus here ...