Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...

"We saw real bundles composed of thousands of fascin molecules and hundreds of actin filaments, and we were able to map their spatial positioning," Gong says. "We saw how the structure of fascin ...

“We saw real bundles composed of thousands of fascin molecules and hundreds of actin filaments, and we were able to map their spatial positioning,” Gong says. “We saw how the structure of ...

This work by Ding et al uses agent-based simulations to explore the role of the structure of molecular motor myosin filaments in force generation in cytoskeletal structures. The focus of the study is ...

“Understanding the structure of filopodia and the changes they undergo may help to refine these therapies or inspire new ones,” said Rui Gong, the study’s first author. Filopodia rely on hexagonal ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...