A new study by Rice University bioscientists explains how basic cellular structures common to most life forms collaborate to fuel growth in a model plant organism. The findings could shed light on corresponding mechanisms ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 13, 2023
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The inside of a living cell is crowded with large, complex molecules. New research on how these molecules could spontaneously organize themselves could further our understanding of how cells manage their essential biochemistry ...
Materials Science
Jul 13, 2023
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When you bite into a juicy steak, tough isn't what you're looking for. There's a lot of science behind the spectrum from tough to tender.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 10, 2023
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Fatty acids are the molecular building blocks that form the lipids essential for life. While some lipids form cell membranes, others are present naturally as triglycerides in body fat and the waxes on our hair and skin.
Biochemistry
Jul 7, 2023
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The field of microscopy has advanced immensely over the last fifty years in its ability to extract both quantitative and qualitative data from microscopy images. In a paper published in Cell Genomics, researchers at the Broad ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2023
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Our body's fat metabolism plays a vital role in energy production in our body. A research team at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has discovered a molecular switch that regulates lipid metabolism in our cells. This ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2023
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Once thought of merely as fat storages, lipid droplets are now believed to play important roles in human health and fertility.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2023
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Mammalian seminal fluid contains a variety of proteins secreted by the accessory sex glands that are important for the processes involved in fertilization. One of these proteins, which is found in ungulates—and in particularly ...
Biochemistry
Jun 22, 2023
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Two enzymes that plants need to make oils live in different organelles, a pair of RIKEN researchers has found. This finding will help inform efforts to tweak the metabolism of plants to boost their production of oils, which ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2023
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Only one year after introducing a new concept to membrane carriers, Werner Nau, Professor of Chemistry, and fellow researchers from Constructor University in Bremen, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and the Czech Academy ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 16, 2023
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