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Credit: Kanazawa University In human cells, the nucleus is enclosed by a structure called the nuclear pore complex (NPC). It acts as a 'gatekeeper' controlling...

AirID enables comprehensive analysis of interaction partners of your target proteins in cellsCredit: Tatsuya Sawasaki (Ehime University) Proteins control many physiological functions that are essential...

Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL--Your doctor tells you that you need a statin to lower your cholesterol and reduce your...

Scientists reveals the structural details of proteins involved in the photosynthetic process of an aquatic microorganismCredit: 2020 Okayama University Organisms capable of photosynthesis--a biochemical process...

Discovery suggests the proteins played essential role in evolutionCredit: Kurdistani lab/UCLA FINDINGS UCLA scientists have identified a new function for histones, the spool-shaped proteins that...

Scientists define the role of a cyanobacterial protein in photosynthetic energy transfer processCredit: 2020 Okayama University Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as blue-green algae, are the...

A single protein may determine how much scarring occurs, UCLA researchers sayCredit: Cell/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center New UCLA research conducted in mice could...

Columbia researchers first to discover a quantum fluid--fractional quantum Hall states, one of the most delicate phases of matter--in a monolayer 2D semiconductor; finding could...

Toxic metallic air pollution nanoparticles are getting inside the crucial, energy-producing structures within the hearts of people living in polluted cities, causing cardiac stress -...

Researchers find fast rates of morphological evolution do not need to coincide with taxonomic diversification as predicted by the classical theory of adaptive radiationCredit: Courtesy...

Credit: Ian Cooke/Cooked Illustrations Humans have manipulated and managed rivers with dams for millennia. The number of river dam projects is predicted to rise sharply...

Sewage surveillance could effectively become 'canary in the coal mine' for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseasesCredit: UKCEH Scientists will develop a standardised UK-wide system...

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences and Kitasato University in Japan discover that mouse norovirus has two capsid structures and changes from one...

Credit: Tokyo Tech In higher organisms, cells and organelles are surrounded by a membrane, which plays a crucial role in not just creating a barrier...

Credit: Sina Bartfeld / University of Würzburg Why is it that some chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's, affect both the small intestine and...