Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

Before a chain of amino acids can become an active and useful protein, it must be processed and folded into the appropriate ...

There was a time when an efficient, multidimensional passing game was the nucleus of the Falcons’ identity. It wasn’t ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

Before a chain of amino acids can become an active and useful protein, it must be processed and folded into the appropriate ...

The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

For two intensive weeks, the usual silence of the Stülper Huk peninsula—a natural site on the Dummersdorf shore, bathed by the waters of the Trave River halfway between Lübeck and Travemünde in ...

These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...