Our cells rely on microscopic highways and specialized protein vehicles to move everything—from positioning organelles to carting protein instructions to disposing of cellular garbage. These highways ...

Researchers unveil the fractal globule structure of DNA, providing new insights into genome organization and its implications ...

A mysterious 4,000-year-old structure on Crete reveals an ancient secret hidden for millennia.

In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA and then read ...

Most neurons that carry signals regarding movement and higher-level functions, such as thinking and reading ... Interneurons have a multipolar structure that allows them to receive multiple signals ...

A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function ... could visualize the ...

autonomic function, hormone secretion, and the complex behaviours that are associated with affect, emotion and reward. A key step that determines the intensity and duration of monoamine signalling ...

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053, United ...

Like other lignocellulosic raw materials, bamboo is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, which interweave with each other to form a complex and dense structure and it is difficult to ...