In a noteworthy advancement, Group1 has launched the world’s first Potassium-ion battery that has been designed within the ...

Nerve cells are the information carriers in our brain. When transferring signals, they change their electrical charge by ...

But in March 21 Nature, Emer Reeves and colleagues from University College London show that the killing activity of neutrophils works through activation of proteases by potassium ions (Nature 2002, ...

Hyperkalemia, which can induce signs of a heart attack or paralysis and weakness of the muscles, is defined as a level that is higher than 5.0-5.5 mEq/L.

In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...

Take the electrolyte potassium, for example. It is the most abundant positively charged ion inside cells, but its concentration is 30-fold lower in the extracellular environment. "Suddenly an ...

Crystallization of a voltage-gated K + channel has not yet been achieved. Figure 4: Three ions in the potassium channel. From the medical point of view, the story is just beginning. Considering ...

Many nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, may be supplied to plants solely from reserves held in the soil. Others like potassium are added regularly to soils as fertilizer for the purpose of ...