By applying advanced structural biology techniques, Kovalev discovered that the secret to their blue color is the same rare ...

Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold ...

In prokaryotes, a large share of the proteins are secreted from the cell through a process that requires their translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane. This process is mediated by the ...

New fluorescent drug lights up nerve tissue under special imaging equipment, giving surgeons a visual edge during procedure.

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

A new radiotracer developed at the University of Alberta and soon to be tested in human clinical trials in Europe could make ...

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like ...

For the first of these tasks Dr Baker and his colleagues use RF diffusion, an AI model they have developed to predict a ...

During therapy, some cancer cells evolve to escape elimination. Newer anticancer drugs that can overcome this resistance are necessary. Now, researchers from Japan demonstrate that aromatic ...