Molecular modeling suggests structural consequences of an early protein mutation that promoted viral transmission. RIKEN researchers discovered that an early mutation (D614G) in the SARS-CoV-2…
Cells possess a remarkable ability to organize their interiors using minuscule protein machines known as molecular motors, which generate directed motion. Most molecular motors rely…
Researchers have studied California blackworms to understand the rapid untangling of tangled active matter, potentially aiding the design of new active materials. Using ultrasound imaging,…
California blackworms tangle themselves up by the thousands, then separate in a split second. Their trick may inspire the design of self-detangling materials and fibers….
Georgia Tech and MIT researchers have used ultrasound imaging and meticulous data tracking to understand the rapid tangling and untangling behaviors of California blackworms. Their…
Life comes in all shapes in sizes, but some sizes are more popular than others, new research from the University of British Columbia (UBC) has…
Assessing how energy-generating synthetic organelles could sustain artificial cells. Researchers have assessed the progress and challenges in creating artificial mitochondria and chloroplasts for energy production…
Rutgers researchers conduct survey on the body sizes of Earth’s organisms. Life may come in all shapes and sizes, but in nature, the most extreme…
Tiny insects known as sharpshooters excrete by catapulting urine drops at incredible accelerations. Their excretion is the first example of superpropulsion discovered in a biological…
A new technique has been developed to track and measure the movement of skeletons in freely moving rodents. How can researchers accurately and precisely measure…
Discovery Could Help End Baldness and Speed Healing Scientists have discovered that a single chemical is key to controlling when hair follicle cells divide, and…
With help from the best tweezers in the world a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has shed new light on a fundamental…
From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn’t just true for body plans – the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are…
An autonomously swimming biohybrid fish, designed with a focus on two key regulatory features of the human heart, has revealed the importance of feedback mechanisms…
Device offers insights into artificial muscular pumps, a step toward building an artificial heart. Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have…
For the first time, a molecular movie has captured in detail the process of an anion transported across the cell membrane by a light-fuelled protein…
Membranes are crucial to our cells. Every cell in your body is enclosed by one. And each of those cells contains specialized compartments, or organelles,…
DNAzymes are precision biocatalysts that destroy unwanted RNA molecules. However, major obstacles to their use in medicine remain. Together with Jülich Research Centre (FZJ) and…
