Nature has developed a unique structure as a scaffold for almost all nerve cells: the membrane-associated periodic skeleton ...

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

Lipids in cell membranes regulate the activity of a cancer-linked protein, cell biologists at RIKEN have discovered. This ...

The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome ...

Benzodiazepines like Valium and Xanax are often prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizures. While these drugs can be ...

A single-celled microbe that revels in Earth's most hostile salt lakes has the remarkable ability to transform its mote of a ...

Aquaporins are proteins that rapidly transport water across cell membranes while excluding ... organized into a helix structure called polymers, or into cyclic structures called macrocycles.

Current fuel cells have reached a ceiling in the amount of electricity they can generate because their internal structure cannot adequately manage all of the water that ... the design of the ...