How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their ...

Protein folding helpers such as TRiC and prefoldin (PFD) are crucial for the correct folding of many essential proteins. In a Nature study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry ...

The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.

Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way ...