Your cells constantly generate and conduct electricity that runs through your body to perform various functions. One such example of this bioelectricity is the nerve signals that power thoughts in ...

Inside every living cell, tiny molecular machines are constantly in motion, shifting shapes, tugging on membranes and shuttling ions from one side to the other. That restless activity does more than ...

Human bodies are usually described as chemical engines, powered by glucose and oxygen. Yet a wave of new research suggests our cells are also quietly harvesting mechanical motion and turning it into ...

This review innovatively proposes the use of electrospinning to fabricate electroactive fibrous scaffolds, which mimic the structure of the extracellular matrix while providing electrical activity, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sun-Min Yu, UMass Amherst and Steve Granick, UMass Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) Your ...