Every cell in your brain depends on ribosomes, tiny molecular machines that read genetic instructions and assemble the ...

The Chemical Biology of Microbes and Membrane Proteins Lab is driven by a fundamental interest in how proteins function at the molecular level. The team seeks to establish quantitative ...

Material scientists in China have created a new kind of coating that keeps clothes clean without the need for wasteful ...

Even though sugars are often framed as simple sources of energy, they also serve as structurally complex and functionally diverse molecules that mediate interactions between organisms.

When a child develops kidney failure or a rare bone disorder, the cause can seem painfully immediate. It may be a single ...

A University of Texas at Austin-led team has reconstructed the most detailed map to date of the molecular machines that ...

By comparing groups of proteins found in a wide range of species and by analyzing animal models and human patient data, a ...

Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can be frustrating and time-consuming. But not so for molecular machines—molecules that convert chemical energy into mechanical work and motion. Machines ...

The La Marzocco coffee maker has long been a sought-after classic. But used machines are now even more coveted by cafe owners and collectors. La Marzocco espresso machines have become a status symbol ...

Plant molecular farming (PMF) may seem like a bold option for companies accustomed to mammalian or microbial systems, but recent advances have transformed plant-based bioproduction into serious, ...

At the dawn of complex life, evolution created a container for DNA, its most treasured item. A few billion years later, 20th-century microscopists looked at this container — the nucleus — up close and ...

Nanoparticles coated with the molecular sensors could be used in at-home diagnostics. Researchers at MIT and Microsoft have used artificial intelligence to create molecular sensors that could detect ...