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Chemistry-powered 'breathing' membrane opens and closes tiny pores on its own
- February 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Ion channels are narrow passageways that play a pivotal role in many biological processes. To model how ions move through these tight spaces, pores need to be fabricated at very small length scales. The narrowest regions of ion channels can be just a few angstroms wide, about the size of individual atoms, making reproducible and precise fabrication a major challenge in modern nanotechnology.
Originally published at Phys.org