This is because they are two-faced molecules, with hydrophilic (water-loving) phosphate heads and hydrophobic (water-fearing) hydrocarbon tails of fatty acids. In water, these molecules ...

The team lined the channel with molecules that either loved or hated water – or in technical terms, hydrophilic or hydrophobic. When the hydrophilic molecules made the channel, the ions would ...

The plasma membrane of a cell is a bilayer of glycerophospholipid molecules. (B) A single glycerophospholipid molecule is composed of two major regions: a hydrophilic head (green) and hydrophobic ...