To reconstruct ribosomes' different conformational states, researchers had to average together many images, which would miss the faster, rarer configurations. As a result, these methods allowed ...

A figure of the 80S ribosome structure. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 26, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Adam Ben-Shem at IGBMC (Institut ...

This image shows Georgia Tech Professor Loren Williams (left) and Research Scientist Anton Petrov in front of a large tree that symbolizes the growth and accretion of the ribosome over time.

As the technology has improved, scientists have also tackled ever more complex biochemical structures, from RNA to ribosomes. The resulting images, like Photo 51, reveal clues about the structures ...

Ribosomes are the sites in a cell in which protein synthesis takes place. Cells have many ribosomes, and the exact number depends on how active a particular cell is in synthesizing proteins.