New Technique Allows Scientists to Switch ATP Synthase On and Off Using UV Light
The enzyme complex ATP synthase is one of the most important molecular machines in the cell. It produces adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which serves as the…
Biophysics News
New Insights Into Exactly How Bacteria Import DNA
Bacteria are consummate survivalists. They are aided in this by their ability to assimilate DNA from their surroundings, which allows them to constantly acquire new…
Researchers Decipher the Structure of the MHC-I Peptide-Loading Complex
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Goethe University in Frankfurt and Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg are deciphering the structure of the MHC-I…
Laminin Alpha 5 is Crucial to Adolescent Brain Maturation
New research from Yale University reveals that the laminin alpha 5 molecule is crucial to the maturing of the adolescent brain. For a decade, the…
DNA2 Molecule Helps Repair Chromosome Rearrangements Linked to Cancer
Researchers from Yale University have identified how the molecule DNA2 helps begin the complex process of repairing breaks in DNA that can cause chromosome rearrangements…
Yale Scientists Shed Light on the Warburg Effect
A newly published study details how two Yale scientists used magnetic resonance measurements to answer the puzzle of the “Warburg Effect.” Given plenty of glucose…
New Evidence on the Origins of Life on Earth
Two newly published studies reveal evidence for how the genetic code developed in two distinct stages to help primordial chemicals evolve into cells. Chapel Hill,…
How Cancer Uses Notch Signaling to Promote Metastasis
A new computational study shows how cancer cells take advantage of the system by which cells communicate with their neighbors as they pass messages to…
Conformational Changes of EF-G on the Ribosome During tRNA Translocation
New research from Yale University provides insights into the conformational space that EF-G samples on the ribosome and reveals that tRNA translocation on the ribosome…
Scientists Come Together to Reveal Cancer’s Strategies
In a new study, a group of scientists detail how they fused the power of statistical physics and artificial intelligence into a mathematical toolkit that…
Synthetic Materials Mimic Living Organisms
Biophysicists detail how they engineered synthetic materials that mimic the remarkable complexity of living organisms, successfully implementing a minimalistic model of the cell that can…
Theorists Show How Energy Landscapes Dominate Both Evolution and Folding of Proteins
A team of biophysicists at Rice University used computer models to show that the energy landscape involved in the long-term evolution of proteins is essentially…
“TFIID” Can Co-Exist in Two Distinct Structural States
Using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, a team of scientists from the Berkeley Lab have shown that the transcription factor known as “TFIID” can co-exist in two…
Leaf Growth & Tree Height Limited By Physics
New research indicates that leaf growth may not be as complicated as it seems. When compared species to species, shorter trees exhibit a greater variety…