Scientists showed that the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa communicate using chemical signals analogous to radio signals in order to help cells join together and form communities.…
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The cage was engineered with amino acid replacements by introducing site-specific mutations that allowed more IrCp* uptake. Credit: Takafumi Ueno from Tokyo Institute of Technology…
Like a two-way radio that can both receive and transmit radio waves, the fluorescent nanoantenna designed by Alexis Vallée-Bélisle and his team receives light in…
Researchers from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering examined the protein Nsp13, which is involved in the COVID virus’s replication process. Pritzker School of Molecular…
Researchers explored the evolution of metal-binding proteins across billions of years. Addressing one of the most profoundly unanswered questions in biology, a Rutgers-led team has…
When scientists discovered DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil around each other to form a…
Schematic of cellulose nanocrystals capturing chemotherapeutic drugs with their engineered charged, hairy extensions. Credit: Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation Scientists develop plant-based ‘hairy nanocrystals’ to…
Shifting transmission of physical stimuli plays key role in cell differentiation. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered how the sponginess and stickiness of stem…
Natalia Dudareva, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry in Purdue’s College of Agriculture, stands in her laboratory. Dudareva led a team of researchers that mapped the biosynthetic…
Within the glass platform of this microscope slide, researchers recreated two anatomical structures involved in the spread of pancreatic cancer. Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood…
The Spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 virus (marked in red) recognizes the hACE2 protein (marked in blue) that protrudes from healthy human cells…
This image, which shows the night side of Venus glowing in thermal infrared, was captured by Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft. Credit: JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Damia Bouic Report led by…
Biochemist studies when enzymes in our cells go wrong and misbehave in human disease. University of Delaware researcher awarded NIH grant to study why eraser…
[embedded content]Researchers are working on new ways to cure COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused…
Vanderbilt University researchers used neutrons at ORNL to reveal the hydrogen bonding patterns between water molecules (shown in blue) and DNA. The findings could help…
Creative rendition of SARS-COV-2 virus particles with spike proteins dotting their surfaces. Image not to scale. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH…
Fluorescence microscopy image of a tumor sample where elevated levels of hydrogen peroxide have been discovered. Credit: Image courtesy of the researchers A screening method…
Study first to show how some toxins and drugs enter cells. For decades, scientists have wondered how large molecules such as proteins pass through cell…
The researchers incorporated their sensor into a prototype with a fiber optic tip that can detect changes in fluorescence in the test sample. Credit: MIT…
A team of UC scientists reconstituted the circadian clock of cyanobacteria in a test tube, enabling them to study the molecular interactions of the clock…