The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Crystallized alternative DNA structure sheds light on insulin and diabetes Date: September 10, 2024 Source: University College London Summary: The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA ...

A pioneering scientific breakthrough has made it possible to extract proteins from preserved soft tissues, including human brains, revealing a vast archive of biological information that has long ...

These marvelous structures exist in various countries and societies, sometimes built for reasons modern civilizations no longer understand. Regardless, they are still something to behold.

Astronomers have discovered what may be the largest-scale structure in the known universe — a group of galaxy clusters and clusters of galaxy clusters that spans roughly 1.3 billion light-years ...

Like oil droplets floating in water, these structures exist because of differences in density. Their foundational discovery could change the way researchers think about biological chemistry.

Astronomers have discovered a colossal cosmic structure that’s so big it threatens our entire understanding of the universe. The Big Ring spans about 3% of the radius of the observable universe ...

Long thought to be completely disordered, space ice appears to have some crystallized regions, new research suggests.

Only tiny, 1-part-in-30,000 imperfections get superimposed atop them. The large-scale structure of the Universe changes over time, as tiny imperfections grow to form the ...