The shape-shifting blobs that shook up cell biology

More than a decade ago, scientists started finding peculiar droplets inside cells. Now researchers are trying to work out how these ubiquitous beads form and what they do. Credit: Marina Feric and Cliff Brangwynne More than a decade ago, scientists started finding peculiar droplets inside cells. Now researchers are trying to work out how these ubiquitous beads form and what they do.

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Researchers have been studying the formation and functions of peculiar droplets found inside cells for over a decade.