The human body is a masterpiece of engineering. Beyond the common facts everyone knows, there are peculiar abilities, rare ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

For the first time, chemists have fully synthesized verticillin A, a notoriously complex fungal molecule with striking anticancer potential.

New ultra-detailed imaging exposes the hidden structure and behavior of chromatin condensates — and hints at how their ...

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

USC researchers have identified a previously unknown pattern of organization in one of the brain’s most important areas for ...

Using a pixel dwell duration of 1.0 ms and an 8 × 8 subpixel scan array, the total dosage per pass was maintained at 18.37 e ...

Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling mechanism—chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)—is essential for muscle health. The research, ...

When two cells "talk" to each other, they often do so through tiny channels called electrical synapses. Unlike chemical ...

In a groundbreaking study, UC Santa Cruz researchers have shown that developing brain tissue exhibits spontaneous activity ...

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

Typically, bone marrow research relies heavily on animal models and oversimplified cell cultures in the laboratory. Now, researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and ...