The membrane that surrounds cells in living organisms is extremely flexible and sensitive. How it protects itself from damage ...

Bacteria that cause diseases, so-called pathogens, develop various strategies to exploit human cells as hosts to their own ...

Researchers at Forschungszentrum Julich have now used cryo-electron microscopy to uncover intriguing new information. Known from the photosynthetic system of plants, algae, and bacteria, the membrane ...

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper revealed how amino acids shape protein structure, a finding that could aid in ...

In a move akin to puncturing an egg yolk without breaking the shell or egg white, researchers have figured out how to pierce ...

Uncovering the mechanism that determines the spiral shape of Rhodospirillum, sheds new light on the link between cell shape ...

The black widow spider has developed a truly impressive defense mechanism that enables it to bring down giants comparatively.

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model bacterium E. coli, there are numerous curved and even spiral-shaped bacteria.

Oct. 3, 2024 — Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area ...

How have immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence been adapted to fit the growing needs of the life science research ...