Combining concepts from statistical physics with machine learning, researchers at the University of Bayreuth have shown that ...

In contrast to organelles with a lipid bilayer membrane, membraneless structures are formed through a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation. When it comes to how and why cells create and use ...

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Production of proteins inside a cell can reach a threshold that gives rise to liquid-liquid phase separation and compartmentalization of ...

More information: Mingrui Ding et al, Long way up: rethink diseases in light of phase separation and phase transition, ...

Since naturally occurring colloidal particles have shapes that are typically determined by minimization of interfacial tension (e.g. during phase separation) or facetted crystal growth ... When ...