Tight junctions (blue dots) between cells are connected areas of the plasma membrane that stitch cells together. Adherens junctions (red dots) join the actin filaments of neighboring cells together.

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered new insights into how intercellular "glue" functions to enable ...

Both cell junctions and cytoskeletal networks help stabilize tissue architecture. For instance, the cells that make up human epithelial tissue attach to one another through several types of ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to ...

A solar cell is made of two types of semiconductors ... of positively charged holes (which are vacancies due to the lack of valence electrons). Near the junction of the two layers, the electrons on ...