The Intracellular Quality Control Project at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science has identified a molecular ...

A new review maps how membrane engineering, noble-free catalysts and alternative alcohol fuels are pushing direct alcohol fuel cells toward commercial reality.

In the crowded interior of a bacterial cell, location can be everything. A new study of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals that a short molecular tether anchoring the cell’s m ...

Viruses come in two major flavors—not chocolate and vanilla, quips Harvard Medical School structural biologist Stephen ...

To sense their environment and respond accordingly, cells enlist membrane proteins as communication hubs, receiving molecular ...

The Path to the Birth of MitochondriaInside the cells that make up our bodies, there are small structures called mitochondria ...

Scientists at Scripps Research have engineered a synthetic protein capable of binding to Toll-like receptor 4 within the cell ...

Many pharmacy students likely find that even though they are grouped together as "receptors," the types are divided into G protein-coupled, ion channel-linked, and enzyme-linked, making their ...

Airway stem cell transplantation achieves functional restoration and long-term engraftment in preclinical models, promising new opportunities for patients without gene-targeted options.

Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells are promising clean power-generation technologies that do not emit carbon dioxide during ...

A fuel cell can look perfectly normal from the outside while trouble develops within it. Water may collect in one area, or a ...

An autoinhibitory domain in the C-terminal tail of the TMEM63B, a mechanosensitive lipid scramblase, helps maintain its ...