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Bending a liquid: Liquid membranes flex 100 times more easily than cell membranes

Source: Phys.org · Published 21 Oct 2026, 15:20

Many structures in biology are bounded by membranes, but not all of them. Droplets of a liquid called a coacervate, which form when oppositely charged molecules come together in water, have attracted attention as models for membraneless compartments inside cells and for "protocells," hypothetical primitive cells that may have preceded modern ones.

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