Under a microscope, a cell's cytoplasm can resemble a tiny underwater version of New York's Times Square: Thousands of proteins swarm through a cytoplasm's watery environment, coming together and ...

One way in which cells control their internal chemical environment is by allowing the entry or exit of water across the cell membrane through osmosis. Osmosis is the passive transport of water across ...

In a study that may guide drug design, researchers find organelles encounter varying levels of resistance, depending on their size and speed, as they move through a cell's cytoplasm. Under a ...