Oregon Health & Science University, in collaboration with Oregon State University, has discovered the structural organization ...

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

Cells have a mailing system of sorts. They can release tiny molecular balls, called extracellular vesicles (EVs), that ...

"Numerous attempts have been made to determine the structure and elucidate the function of this mysterious membrane protein family," said Youzhong Guo, Ph.D., an associate professor in the VCU ...

Researchers have discovered that a key bacterial protein, CsrA, gathers in a droplet-like structure inside cells to control ...

Lipids are the fatty molecules that make up cellular membranes, creating a protective barrier that regulates what enters and ...

Another important advance in the development of electron cryo-microscopy has been achieved at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular ...

With high-resolution, fast-scan Atomic Force Microscopy, we will directly visualize the structure and dynamics of protein complexes on membranes in real time. The Department of Membrane Dynamics ...

Chances are, if you’re not an Italian grandma or a skilled home chef from Rome, you’ve probably messed up while trying to ...

In summary, this study sheds new light on why long-term benzodiazepine use might lead to side effects like inflammation. The ...

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique ...

We've all been there – trying to peel a boiled egg, but mangling it beyond all recognition as the hard shell stubbornly ...