For biologists, seeing is believing. But sometimes biologists have a hard time seeing. One particularly vexing challenge is ...

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

Researchers have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage -- phage for short -- that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that ...

Scientists examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid. These mysterious droplets, known as ...

Proteins form the structural and functional backbone of the cell, and any perturbation in their synthesis can disrupt normal ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

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Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico S7131-1096, USA Current Address: Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-3701, USA ...

Interneurons have a multipolar structure that allows them to receive multiple signals and then send a unified command to another neuron. In this way, you can think of interneurons as traffic ...

A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping life's earliest molecular structures.

The remarks came after a day Chinese Ambassador Dai Bing reportedly reiterated in a private meeting that the structures were installed for "aquaculture" purposes.