Before the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can invade a cell, it has to know it has reached the right place. New research from the ...

Researchers have figured out a missing piece of the puzzle of how human cells detect invading viruses and mount an immune ...

Removing a single amino acid can determine whether new proteins assemble into stable complexes within mitochondria. An enzyme ...

Amide bonds are chemical linkages essential to biology, medicine and materials chemistry. Peptide bonds, a class of amide ...

After taking a pill, the drugs it contains are distributed throughout the body, reaching the tissues and cells affected by ...

When Pliny the Younger recorded his firsthand experience of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago—a cataclysm that ...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a way to "supercharge" a plant's ...

When plant roots are injured—by insects, for example—the pressure inside the root drops, and a pressure wave spreads rapidly ...

What are the chances of finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Frank Postberg, a professor of planetary science ...

Researchers often use antibodies to detect specific molecules or biological markers because they are remarkably precise at ...

Modern technologies have made it possible to uncover a growing "hidden proteome"—proteins encoded by parts of the genome that ...

Cities trying to cool sweltering streets often set broad tree canopy targets. But those targets can overlook the reality that ...