A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form as ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains – named the Lipocone superfamily – and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...

To solve a problem, we have to see it clearly. Whether it's an infection by a novel virus or memory-stealing plaques forming ...

While our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease is far from complete, the latest therapies, and others in more than 100 ...

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

Although proteins are inherently dynamic, they have typically been depicted as static molecules. Advances in experimental and ...

Alzheimer’s disease has proved to be a tricky target, and researchers and drug developers have been pursuing effective treatments for decades. The brains of people who die with Alzheimer’s show a ...

Scientists in Korea have engineered magnetic nanohelices that can control electron spin with extraordinary precision at room ...

With superior reactivity and stability, nanocatalysts are transforming catalytic processes, driving advancements in green ...

Much recent progress has been made in spintronics, for example, that spin loss can be converted back into magnetisation, making spintronics electronics even more energy-efficient, or that spintronics ...

To solve a problem, we have to see it clearly. Whether it's an infection by a novel virus or memory-stealing plaques forming ...

Resistant to most antifungal drugs, the yeast Candidozyma auris is spreading globally and has caused recent outbreaks in US ...