By applying advanced structural biology techniques, Kovalev discovered that the secret to their blue color is the same rare ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

At the heart of these fantastical gadgets is a synthetic molecular switch that can trigger shape changes in liquid crystals that allow them to reflect different colors. Designed in the lab of Ivan ...

'Switch Off, Light On': Molecular Biologist Discovers New Control Mechanism In Cell Signaling Date: February 26, 2009 Source: University of Vienna Summary: Scientists have investigated a group of ...

Researchers have discovered a central molecular switch in fruit fly embryos that opens new avenues for studying the causes of birth defects and cancer in humans. Writing about their study in the ...

A molecular light switch? Just add water Researchers unlock potential of UV-emitting material Date: December 16, 2015 Source: Drexel University Summary: Researchers uncovered a way to use water ...

Hello, Eos! Recently discovered molecular cloud is believed to be one of the largest structures in the sky and among the closest to Earth and the sun.

Professor Cho said, "We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells back to a normal state by capturing the moment of critical transition right before normal cells ...

Researchers have discovered a molecular switch that controls the storage or conversion of lipids into energy in cells.

We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells back to a normal state by capturing the moment of critical transition right before normal cells are changed into an ...

The surprise discovery of a huge cloud of molecular gas — the stuff that forms stars — just 300 light-years away is opening up new ways to study the conditions that enable star birth.

Surprisingly, they discovered that a signal chain in the nucleus serves as a kind of molecular switch that determines whether the cell dies or survives.