The fundamental questions had reached a new level. What is the structure and chemistry behind the operation of an ion channel? I began by asking how a small scorpion toxin inhibited a potassium ...

cryo-electron microscopy have helped researchers characterize the physiological function and structure of ion channels. However, despite an explosion in ion channel drug discovery programs ...

This important computational study investigates homeostatic plasticity mechanisms that neurons may employ to achieve and maintain stable target activity patterns. The work extends previous analyses of ...

the researchers confirmed that BK channels can stop their ion flow via a long-theorized ball-and-chain structure that plugs the channel. "These findings provide insights into a fundamental ...

the researchers confirmed that BK channels can stop their ion flow via a long-theorized ball-and-chain structure that plugs the channel. "These findings provide insights into a fundamental ...

They previously found a promising structure in the ear of fruit flies: an ion channel that—in addition to a gate and a pore—also has a region that is wound spirally like a ballpoint pen spring.

When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma ... construction for a rigid 3D printed structure designed to more effectively channel incoming air. The end result is a ...

ION’s SSBs stand out because they ditch conventional anode materials like graphite for a unique 3-D ceramic structure. This not only makes the batteries safer (since they don’t need as much ...