When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ensure the signal reaches the correct effector without triggering pathways ...

Researchers have determined that condensates are electrically charged droplets that can induce voltage changes across the ...

Living cells may generate electricity through the natural motion of their membranes. These fast electrical signals could play ...

Membrane proteins and membrane lipids are essential partners in various biological processes, and elucidating their ...

Unlike our organs, cell organelles such as mitochondria are not fixed in place, but when, where, how, and why organelles move ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids but ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

A study in fruit flies suggests an internal genomic arms race may be driving rapid evolution in proteins that still perform an essential, unchanging job: protecting chromosome ends.

Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...

In recent years, the field of immunology has increasingly focused on the role of glycolipids and sphingolipids in the differentiation and function of innate immune cells, such as macrophages, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This story is part of a series on navigating the new world of peak protein, from the latest packaged ...

Whether you pronounce them pee-cans or pee-cahns, those nuts in your favorite holiday pie are actually a nutrient-dense whole food. Pecans are full of nutrients like “calcium, magnesium, potassium, ...