Collaborate Disseminate
Scientists have discovered a molecule that plays an important role in relaying information about how cells are ‘pushed’ or ‘pulled’ to our brains, and changing this signaling behavior could provide effective cell therapies to prevent or reverse both os… Continue reading Molecular discovery has potential to one day reverse obesity, osteoporosis
For most of us who haven’t entirely slept through biology classes, it’s probably no secret that ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the compound which provides the energy needed for us to …read more Continue reading Not Just ATP: Two-Component Molecular Motor Using GTPase Cycle Demonstrates Mechanotransduction
There’s no question that the discovery of antibiotics just under 100 years ago has had a profound impact on the world. However, the rise of drug-resistant bacteria is now painting more of a grim picture, with some studies predicting that it could claim… Continue reading Shapeshifting antibiotics fool drug-resistant bacteria
One of the most profound mysteries facing science is how exactly life arose from non-living matter. Now, scientists have pinpointed a particular peptide that potentially kickstarted life – and it could all be nickelback’s fault.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Nickelback could have kickstarted life on Earth, says new study
Exactly how life arose out of non-living matter is a major mystery, and a new study has found that natural selection may have played a role before life itself even existed on Earth. By recreating the primordial soup, scientists identified how a cocktai… Continue reading Ancient protein study reveals how natural selection predates life itself
Last year, Alphabet’s DeepMind released an open source database of the 3D structures of hundreds of thousands of proteins, including all 20,000 known proteins in the human body. Now, this AlphaFold Protein Structure Database has been expanded to 200 mi… Continue reading Incredible database now includes almost every protein known to science
Last year, Alphabet’s DeepMind released an open source database of the 3D structures of hundreds of thousands of proteins, including all 20,000 known proteins in the human body. Now, this AlphaFold Protein Structure Database has been expanded to 200 mi… Continue reading Incredible database now includes almost every protein known to science
Tiny structures made of mechanically interlocked molecules can act as “molecular machines,” and this hugely exciting area of chemistry research that stretches back decades has seen some particularly significant developments in recent years. Princeton U… Continue reading Peptides fashioned into world’s smallest biomechanically linked structure
With the principles of molecular biology very much in the zeitgeist these days, we thought it would be handy to provide some sort of visual aid to help our readers …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Understanding Protein Synthesis Through Interpretive Dance
The exact recipe for how life got started on Earth – and whether it’s appeared on other planets too – are some of the most profound mysteries of science. Now, scientists have found that lightning strikes could have contributed a key ingredient, which s… Continue reading Life on Earth may have arisen from a quintillion lightning strikes