Artificially designed proteins are usually based on building blocks that obey strict rules of symmetry. As such, their structure can...
Identifying and delineating cell structures in microscopy images is crucial for understanding the complex processes of life. This task is...
The effects of pesticide exposure on pollinator health may be more complicated than originally thought, according to a team of...
Some families of caterpillars (larvae of butterflies and moths) have developed a specific kind of interaction with ants. One of...
Some animals are capable of cooperating with members of other species. An interdisciplinary team involving the biologist Eduardo Sampaio from...
Birds worldwide make strategic decisions about how they live based on their environmental conditions. Some live fast, die young, and...
For biochemists, it’s the which-came-first question: oxygen production by photosynthesis or oxygen consumption by aerobic metabolism? In photosynthesis, algae and...
Elephants, giraffes, pythons and other large species have higher cancer rates than smaller ones like mice, bats, and frogs, a...
An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt...
All biological function is dependent on how different proteins interact with each other. Protein-protein interactions facilitate everything from transcribing DNA...
In a rugged stretch of desert in one of the nation’s most remote national parks, a volunteer’s eyes were caught...
In a study published in Nature, researchers report the successful in vitro reconstitution of meiotic DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) formation....
