Heterogeneous structures, such as cellular structures (foam) 1 and networks, are highly versatile and used both in nature and industry. In cellular structures, the phase-forming cell walls are ...

Researchers examined anatomy of neurons from humans, mice and fruit flies. They discovered that the cellular structure of the brain is at a critical point, poised between two phases. New insights ...

Researchers develop an approach based on solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study the structure of an intrinsically disordered protein under near-native conditions. Traditionally, ...

When a magnet is heated up, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization. Called “criticality,” this point of high complexity is reached when a physical object is transitioning smoothly ...

Biochemists have uncovered the structure of cellular mechanism tied to thought, movement and other bodily functions. New atomic scale images of the structure of calcium's gatekeeper, IP3R, could go a ...

In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a previously ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A newly discovered retinal structure in the eyes of certain kinds of songbirds might help the animals find and track insect prey more easily. The foundation of avian vision ...

Scientists call it LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, but they don’t know much about this great-grandparent of all living things. Many believe LUCA was little more than a crude assemblage of ...