A recent study reveals that the hot springs of Ladakh's Puga Valley may hold clues to the origin of life on Earth and ...

A team from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Hokkaido University, and Osaka University has discovered that subtle differences in molecular structure can have a major impact on the ...

Researchers used ShortStop to Identify a microprotein that potentially represents a biomarker or functional microprotein for lung cancer.

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a University of Illinois lab $15 million. The money will support the development of AI tools, to help scientists quickly and efficiently synthesize ...

Getting old is many things: a gift, a bummer, a weird metamorphosis. It's also mysterious. The mechanistic nitty gritty of ...

We may be on the cusp of a new era of biochemical discovery, but turning these advancements into drugs isn’t so easy ...

The microbial community in the human gut plays a central role in various diseases. An important form of chemical ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have repurposed a natural enzyme so that it catalyzes a highly challenging chemical ...

A leftover from microbes’ meals is linked to early heart disease in people. In mice, it contributed to plaque buildup in the arteries.

Just one year into her college career at East Stroudsburg University, Luna Mumma has found her passion in chemistry research.

A biochemistry professor at New Mexico State University will get to spend three months this fall doing research as a Fulbright scholar. Erik Yukl was selected for ...

The glycocalyx surrounds each cell in the human body like a coat. This complex sugar layer plays a key role in the ...