from Hacker News

Electric Field in Cells Stop Nanoparticles Entering Membrane

by beautifulfreak on 1/26/24, 10:11 PM with 1 comments

  • by beautifulfreak on 1/26/24, 10:11 PM

    "The electric field right near a membrane in a salty solution like our bodies produce can be astoundingly strong. Its strength falls off rapidly with distance, creating large field gradients that we figured might repel nearby particles."