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A world-first artificial cell can chase chemicals using only a membrane, an enzyme, and a pore—no DNA or motors needed.
Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable ...
Each cell in our bodies carries about two meters of DNA in its nucleus, packed into a tiny volume of just a few hundred cubic ...
A research team led by Prof. HU Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a ...
Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...
A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to ...
Scientists have observed a brand-new and exotic atomic nucleus: aluminium-20. Unlike anything seen before, it decays through ...
Proteins need a priority code in their address labels to efficiently enter cell powerhouses. New research shows this code helps them recruit a helper protein, TOMM34, speeding up delivery crucial for ...
New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles.