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High-performance microscope displays pores in the cell nucleus with greater precision
The transportation of certain molecules into and out of the cell nucleus takes place via nuclear pores. For some time, detailed research...
Jun 26, 20153 min read


Earth's daily rotation period encoded in an atomic-level protein structure
A collaborative group of Japanese researchers has demonstrated that the Earth's daily rotation period (24 hours) is encoded in the KaiC...
Jun 26, 20153 min read


Powering the intracellular railway
Motor proteins power the internal logistics of all cells, and affect all aspects of the organism from the cellular right up to the whole...
Jun 25, 20156 min read


Scientists Create Synthetic Membranes That Grow Like Living Cells
Chemists and biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in designing and synthesizing an artificial cell membrane capable of sustaining...
Jun 24, 20152 min read


Seeking rare cells
Christopher Love uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells, yielding insight into human disease. In a blood sample taken from a...
Jun 24, 20154 min read


Like cotton candy? You'll love electrospinning
Forget that old glucose test. In the future, suits of light and virus-filled fibers could detect trace amounts of biological molecules...
Jun 24, 20154 min read
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