Once a sperm has broken through to an egg cell in order to fertilize it, the two cells need to hold together tightly. This ...

Once a sperm has broken through to an egg cell in order to fertilise it, the two cells need to hold together tightly. This ...

To figure out how they slither through substances that should, in theory, resist their movement, a team led by Kenta Ishimoto, a mathematical scientist at Kyoto University, investigated the motions of ...

A new species of bacteria has been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu, shedding light on how unseen microbial life connects ...

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Bacterial structural biology is a scientific discipline that concerns the structure of bacterial macromolecules, especially proteins and nucleic acids. Such studies are used to understand the function ...

Flagella and cilia are elaborate cytoskeletal structures conserved from protists to mammals, where they fulfil functions related to motility or sensitivity. Here we demonstrate novel roles for the ...

1 Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, Liaoning Academy of Forestry Sciences, Shenyang, China 2 Northeast Forestry University College of Forestry, Harbin, China The final, ...

Big Bend National Park draws wildlife enthusiasts, birders, and adventurers from around the world. Set in remote southwest Texas, the park’s mix of mountains, desert, and river habitats hosts more ...

Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia Plastic pollution has a significant impact on ecosystems, primarily due ...