Discover how therapeutic peptides act as biological messengers to treat disease, improve metabolism, and enhance immune ...

Geroscience examines the underlying biology of aging to delay chronic diseases and extend the healthy years of human life.

With AI, it's now possible for researchers to predict the three-dimensional structures of proteins directly from their ...

Tiffanwy Klippel-Cooper of OmnigeniQ explains how physics-based modelling could help researchers better understand drug ...

Mass spectrometry is already a powerful tool for determining what kind and how many molecules are present in a given sample.

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Hidden in volcanic lakes and deep-sea vents, scientists have discovered tough new DNA-binding proteins built to survive ...

In its purest form (with no extra debris), liquid water can exist as a liquid until -40°C if left still (unmoving). In order ...

A remarkably small bacterium containing fewer than 500 genes serves as the basis for one of the most detailed digital life reconstructions ever created. Using computer technology, scientists have ...

Rebecca Trager meets an organic chemist catalysing the search for BPA replacements by connecting synthetic chemists, data ...

Unlike other attractive smells—good food, the aroma of our mates and children—flower aromas seemingly have little direct ...

If NIH prioritizes human-based science in its ongoing overhaul of biosafety policies, the oversight system that has evolved for review of a wide-swath of biological research could atrophy and expose ...