Such molecules would be suited to acting as quantum bits, or qubits, the basic unit of information in quantum systems. But ...

Researchers have uncovered the 3D structure of RBP3, a key protein in vision, revealing how it transports retinoids and fatty ...

In plants, the space between cells is a key battleground during infection. To avoid recognition in this space, a strain of the bacterial tomato disease Pseudomonas syringae manipulates plants by ...

The researchers identified the structure of this machine, the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), and 50 years since its discovery, have shown how it operates like the lock on a canal to transport ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ...

After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...

Two materials physicists at The University of Sydney have found a possible explanation for the huge amount of molecular ...

Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water—a feat long thought ...

A team at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes developed new drug candidates that show great promise against the virus that causes ...

After nearly seven decades, scientists have finally confirmed a bold idea first proposed in 1958: that vitamin B1, or ...

Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...