Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp tip. Using this approach, they have uncovered that bacteria ...

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function with a "ball-and-chain" channel-plugging mechanism, according to investigators ...

Neurobiologists identify key protein Esyt linking calcium signaling to neurodegenerative diseases in cell membrane contact ...

Cancer cells have an insatiable appetite for energy as they multiply more rapidly than normal cells. Greedy cancer cells ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...

The microbiome shapes the development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and ...

Spliceosome structures have been investigated extensively in the past decade, but most of the studies have been restricted to a handful of model organisms. New research by Lu et al, looks outside this ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys and the Mayo Clinic used cryogenic electron microscopy to create 3D images detailing the overall structure of ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase.