Flexoelectricity, which can transform mechanical deformation into electrical signals, could provide enough power to fire ...

Cells spend energy not just on reactions, but on control. New research explains why staying stable comes with an unseen ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

After a century of false starts, scientists believe they have found a way to make cells burn more energy without the ...

Two complementary studies reveal how an insufficient supply of energy in macrophages, key immune cells in artery walls, ...

Human bodies are usually described as chemical engines, powered by glucose and oxygen. Yet a wave of new research suggests ...