Spontaneous pressure regulation within artificial cells

Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 08:51 in Biology & Nature

Living cells respond to threats in their environment. What if materials could do the same? Using a similar pressure-regulating mechanism to that found in cells, scientists created an artificial cell that responds to a sudden and possibly catastrophic change in its surroundings.

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