Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

In animal cells, vacuoles are generally small and help sequester waste products. In plant and fungal cells, vacuoles help maintain cell structure. All eukaryotic cells have a cell membrane, also known ...

In a perspective, Northwestern Engineering’s Chad Mirkin and Milan Mrksich argue that structural precision drives therapeutic ...

A revolutionary solar material has hit 93.5% efficiency—rewriting the rules of solar power and challenging the dominance of ...

The specificity of T cell recognition is determined by the variable ... we have focused our efforts on solving the crystal structure of a mouse TCR in complex with an allogeneic MHC molecule.

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

A scientific revolution is underway as researchers push to bring atomic-level precision, once reserved for small molecule ...

A eukaryote is any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. Eukaryotic cells form the foundation of complex, multicellular life, including apple trees, mushrooms, fish and humans.

Scientists have discovered how chemokines and G protein-coupled receptors selectively bind each other to control how cells move.

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have created a data science ...