Ever since scientists first got a good look at the structure of the protein myoglobin in the ... Researchers have also detected biomolecular condensates in prokaryotic, or bacterial, cells, which ...

If a gene is evolutionarily conserved, that shows it must be doing something important. Otherwise, nature would let it go.

This most fundamental question was famously posited by none other than Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).

A new study provides a detailed structure of a human enzyme critical for antiviral defense and platelet function.

Most organisms fit comfortably into standard definitions of “life,” i.e., cells that grow, reproduce independently, and ...

New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles.

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable ...

This review focuses on the unique characteristics of mitochondrial nucleoids in mammalian cells, highlighting their ...

In a scientific first, researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Diego, have generated a ...

To print microscopic structures, scientists need to inject a liquid material called a photoresist into the cell. This special ...

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...