Tiny gold particles in a helium droplet help solve the century-old Thomson problem
Gold nanoparticles preserved charge patterns on helium droplets, bringing the century-old Thomson problem into the laboratory.Researchers analyzed 25…
Amyloid fibers help sperm deliver RNA to mouse embryos
A longstanding mystery about the genetic messages carried by sperm led researchers to investigate an unexpected component of…
Researchers capture clear images of complex cancer drug building enzyme
A joint research group led by Ryo Tanifuji and Hiroki Oguri from the University of Tokyo and Yoshikazu…
NSF awards $19 million to build 3D biological observatory for revealing life’s smallest structures
How does learning change the wiring of your brain? How does a shark’s eye make sense of its…
Scientists capture how bacteria build their protective antibiotic-resistant barriers
Gram-negative bacteria are responsible for causing several infections that are hard to treat, owing to their high resistance…
New protein blueprint opens door for targeted Parkinson’s disease therapies
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered how a key Parkinson’s protein called LRRK2 shifts between inactive and…
Walking protein structure explains how cells activate molecular motors
A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells. To function,…
Antifungal nanoparticles made from immune cell membranes fight infections
Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight…
New structural insights overturn old assumptions about malaria entry
For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a…
US scientists’ new electron microscopy tech delivers 10,000x magnification
Researchers in the United States have built a technology that boosts the performance of electron microscopes. Berkeley Lab…
Scientists visualize a key cell protein regulating inflammatory disease pathways
University of Cincinnati structural biologists are the first in the world to visualize a key cell protein as part…
Detailed images reveal DNA repair mechanism in cancer-related proteins
Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein’s DNA repair…