Chemistry in pictures: Luminous lignin
 Tiny crystals made of a waste chemical and an amino acid make these signs glow ghostly white…
Evolutionary mutation in cGAS enhances naked mole-rat DNA repair
The secret to the naked mole-rats’ extraordinarily long life may lie in subtle changes to just four amino…
New tool enables and enhances protein investigations
A new tool greatly improves scientists’ ability to identify and study proteins that regulate gene activity in cells,…
Scientists uncover how amino acids stabilize proteins in solution
For decades, amino acids have been added to medical formulations like insulin as stabilizers: these small molecules keep…