Mechanosensitive recruitment of DLC1 to focal adhesions creates a positive feedback loop that locally amplifies Rho activation in response to tension.

Viruses are masters at invading our cells thanks to specialized proteins that coat their surfaces. When scientists design ...

A collaborative research team led by Kazuyoshi Murata determined the capsid structure of the giant Melbournevirus at 4.4 Å resolution using cryo-electron microscopy. By applying a block-based ...

In December, The Conversation hosted a webinar on AI’s revolutionary role in drug discovery and development. Skolnick has developed AI-based approaches to predict protein structure and function that ...

Understanding how proteins interact with their own mirror images enabled a Kobe University research team to design a small ...

In an ambitious collaboration, researchers added 1.8 million high-confidence protein complex structure predictions to the AlphaFold Database, accelerating molecular biology research.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that he wants to see Iran's leadership structure fully removed and that he has some names in mind for a "good leader." Subscribe to read this ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a mechanism that could explain how exercise improves cognition by shoring up the brain’s protective barrier of blood vessels. With age, this network of ...

Vanderbilt has announced the launch of Anchor Advantage, a new organization that will take direct control of the university’s efforts towards matters relating to Name, Image and Likeness. The move ...

Astronomers use the term dark energy to refer to energy in the universe that is unaccounted for by ordinary matter but necessary to explain cosmology. Astronomy, however, isn't the only field with ...

Artificial intelligence isn’t just changing how we search the web or generate images. It is reshaping how scientists approach one of biology’s oldest problems: the folding of proteins. Google DeepMind ...