Using Water Molecules to Read Electrical Activity in Lipid Membranes (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Using Water Molecules to Read Electrical Activity in Lipid Membranes

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EPFL researchers were able to map out in real time how charges are transported across and along membranes simply by observing the behavior of adjacent water molecules.

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Jamani Caillet/EPFL

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