Ion channels are pores in the membrane of cells or cell organelles. They allow positively or negatively charged particles, so-called ions, to be transported across the membrane. Biochemists at ...

Experiment evaluates the involvement of calcium ions in the protein-mediated attachment of a marine organism to submerged ...

Inhibition of elongation of oat coleoptile sections by La3+, Pr3+, and Nd3+ is similar to but greater than that by Ca2+ at low and intermediate concentrations. The lanthanons might serve as probes to ...

The first digital “quantum simulator” based on trapped ions has been built by physicists in Austria. The system, developed by Ben Lanyon and colleagues at the University of Innsbruck, comprises a ...

Calcium ions are essential for cells, but can be toxic in higher concentrations. A team of researchers has now designed and prepared a combination drug that kills tumor cells by modulating the calcium ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AURA Technologies today announced that AURA Ion Bar™, the only system in the world that creates a germ-destroying barrier across any two spaces safely using ...

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