Scientists have discovered how microscopic pores made from proteins—tiny holes found in cell membranes—can act like ...

Pore-forming proteins are found throughout nature. In humans, they play key roles in immune defense, while in bacteria they ...

Scientists at EPFL have unraveled the mystery behind why biological nanopores, tiny molecular holes used in both nature and biotechnology, sometimes behave unpredictably. By experimenting with ...

Many substances and nutrients are exchanged across the cell membrane. Scientists in Switzerland have developed a method to observe these exchanges, by taking a highly accurate count of the number of ...

Aleksandra Radenovic, Head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, School of Engineering, EPFL The researchers achieved this control using a repurposed state-of-the-art scanning ion conductance ...

Aleksandra Radenovic, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology in the School of Engineering, has worked for years to improve nanopore technology, which involves passing a molecule like DNA through ...

Where freshwater meets saltwater, Aleksandra Radenovic sees a wold of untapped renewable energy. Radenovic is a nanoscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and today she published the ...

(Nanowerk News) Aleksandra Radenovic, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology in the School of Engineering, has worked for years to improve nanopore technology, which involves passing a molecule ...

Many efforts over last decade have been directed towards development of single molecule sequencing based on solid state nanopores. Aleksandra Radenovic and co-workers have made a device composed of a ...

(Nanowerk News) Aleksandra Radenovic, leader of the Nanoscale Biology Laboratory in the Engineering School, has dedicated years to enhancing nanopore technology, wherein a molecule such as DNA is ...