The structure, dubbed the BOB, fits with some of the mysteries of COVID
Microbial proteins around a sexually transmitted infection allow pathogen to hide undetected inside host cells
School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have solved a decades-old mystery about how E. coli and other bacteria are able to move.
A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine could let doctors ramp up production of blood-clotting platelets on demand, a timely finding following the Red Cross’ declaration earlier this year of a national blood “crisis.”
Eating pheasant killed using lead shot is likely to expose consumers to raised levels of lead in their diet, even if the meat is carefully prepared to remove the shotgun pellets and the most damaged tissue.
Water can be liquid, gas or ice, right? Think again.
Cell-to-cell communication is a large part of Professor Dae Seok Eom’s research.
UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments
Small molecules, largely ignored until now, have regulatory functions in stress reduction
Scientists have harnessed the potential of bacteria to help build advanced synthetic cells which mimic real life functionality.
This year, the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam honours again a young scientist for his pioneering research on plant mitochondria.
Changes in carotenoid metabolism can simultaneously influence yield, stress tolerance, and nutritional content in plants
New method in algae research could lead to future yield increases in crops
Researchers from Jena show how the poison nut tree forms strychnine
Gene duplication increased the diversity and specificity of enzymes that enable beetle larvae to degrade important wood components.
Tobacco hornworms neutralize different defense mechanisms of tobacco plants after ingestion
Since the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, all our genes – around 20,000 in total – have been identified.
Newly discovered editing rule may be exploited to correct genetic defects
Rice engineers’ formula IDs materials for virtual reality, 3D displays
Research team investigates reactivity of single molecules under controlled microscopic conditions