Researchers have uncovered the 3D structure of RBP3, a key protein in vision, revealing how it transports retinoids and fatty ...

A scientific analysis of samples collected on the surface of Mars shows the red planet has evolved its own version of a carbon cycle. The cycle helps create life on Earth, but why not on Mars?

The illustration shows schematically how nanothin sheets of nickel compounds are released from the clathrate structure, providing an extremely large surface area for the oxygen evolution reaction.

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

Every organ in our body contains a small number of adult stem cells that are specific to its niche. These cells act like a ...

Is Rosalind Franklin a ghost that still haunts the history of genomic science? Alan Booth looks into her remarkable story ...

Proteins are fundamental biomolecules that perform a broad range of vital functions within the human body. They serve as an essential structural and functional component of cells, tissues and organs ...

A team of scientists has directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and shake during a chemical reaction that removes hydrogen atoms from ...

RNA vaccines train the immune system in a similar way to traditional vaccines, but they use a different strategy to get there ...

Before Watson and Crick basked in Nobel glory, before The Double Helix mythologized their genius, there was the photo. Photo ...

Concern is growing among public health experts that anti-vaccine sentiments within federal and state governments may derail ...