Billions of years ago, a rock crack exuding heat could have brought different biomolecules together to kickstart protein ...

Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) demonstrated that metabolic reactions can occur in water-filled pores ...

Beyond corals, the tool has widespread potential for studying other small-scale marine organisms that photosynthesize, such ...

LMU researchers have demonstrated a possible mechanism for metabolic processes without cell membranes in water-filled pores.

Caffeine appears to affect how cells handle stress and DNA damage—but researchers say it’s no magic bullet. Here’s what the ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics have developed a novel synthetic micropeptide termed the "killswitch" to selectively immobilize proteins within cellular condensates, ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Scientists have long used fluorescent dyes—which emit light—to research cell structures and activities. By attaching ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s affect millions of people and are becoming more common as the ...

Mutations in EGLN1, the gene encoding for hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl-4-hydroxylase 2 (PHD2), cause erythrocytosis and in rare cases the development of neuroendocrine tumors. In the presence ...