Researchers have found evidence of nuclear metabolic enzymes for the first time, contributing to our understanding of cancer ...

More than 200 metabolic enzymes, many of which are normally tasked with producing energy in the mitochondria, are also found sitting directly on top of human DNA, according to a study published in ...

Our understanding of calories and weight management is evolving as research reveals how digestion, gut microbiome and food structure influence how much energy we actually absorb from the foods we eat, ...

Across the animal kingdom, evolution has opened the door to a growing scientific quest to understand what a menagerie of ...

The human body runs on chemistry—from the water that regulates temperature to the proteins that carry oxygen and signal cells ...

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make it possible to synthesise chemicals in a more ...

An important study has uncovered an unexpected molecular player that helps make cancer cells stress-resilient, thereby promoting the survival, growth and progression of tumours. Researchers have ...

Researchers have uncovered a molecular trick used by hornwort plants that could help future crops capture carbon dioxide more efficiently. A unique protein feature called RbcS-STAR causes the key ...

This article explains how diet creates sustained epigenetic changes that affect long-term health, disease risk, aging, and ...

Christine Dunham is a leading expert on the ribosome—an elaborate macro-molecular machine that operates like a factory within a cell to manufacture proteins. "The ribosome is really the most ...

Researchers simulated nearly every molecule in a bacterial cell — and then watched the cell grow and reproduce.

From her laboratory in California, the engineer with Latin roots has driven advances that are transforming biotechnology and sustainable chemistry.