Using laser 'tweezers,' scientists grab and study tiny protein droplets
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists are using innovative tools to study the properties of a bizarre class of molecules that may play a role in disease: proteins that cluster together to form spherical droplets inside human cells. A new study sheds light on the conditions that drive such droplets to switch from a fluid, liquidy state to a harder, gel-like state.