These protocells were thought to form spontaneously from organic molecules through a process called liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). Protocells, represented as coacervate droplets ...

They found that only p-tau, not regular tau, could spontaneously form tiny droplets—micrometers in size—through a process known as liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS), which is similar to ...

At the center of this progress are coacervate droplets—tiny clusters of molecules that may be the missing link between lifeless matter and the first living cells. These microscopic droplets ...