A common mineral, α-alumina, found abundantly in Earth's crust, may have played a critical role in initiating the chemical ...

Enhancing wheat plants' sugar signaling ability could deliver increased yields of up to 12%, according to researchers from ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

Research suggests that calcium may have played a key role in guiding the development of a specific molecular handedness in ...

Why do problems occur with a special variant of 'protein glues', the split inteins, that severely limit their use in producing proteins? A team has now answered this question.

The quiet rise of K18—a premium haircare brand with a scientific soul—offers a textbook case of what modern consumers want, and what luxury brands must now deliver. Not louder claims. Not flashier ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...

Scientists have made a bold leap in the search for life’s origins, offering a fresh look at how chemistry might have crossed ...

Known as the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier, this molecular machine was first proposed to exist in 1971, but it has taken ...

The researchers identified the structure of this machine, the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), and 50 years since its discovery, have shown how it operates like the lock on a canal to transport ...

The Creative Biogene division IntegrateRNA launched a novel platform that enables post-translational protein modification through the use of non-canonical amino acids and engineered transfer RNA. The ...

After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...