Breakthrough study in Nature Materials reveals DNA nanorafts reshape synthetic cells for controlled membrane dynamics and ...

A profound and proper understanding of the complex interactions between these peptides and biological membranes using biophysical tools and ... either prior or after binding to the membrane surface, ...

DeepMind's AlphaFold, a generative AI tool, has achieved a milestone in biology by accurately predicting protein structures, ...

Scientists have found that an increase in water salinity in the cells of the marine diatom Nitzschia weakens the connections ...

Professor Can Wang from Tianjin University and Professor Zhurui Shen from Nankai University have achieved significant results ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves unfurl. This dramatic transformation is a clear signal for us to reach for ...

We have seen unprecedented advantages of phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs in membrane protein structure characterization ... MSP nanodiscs have characteristics that real biological membranes do not have ...

Previous models of membrane structure have depicted adhesion as discrete membrane protein–cytoskeleton bonds that are discontinuously spaced on a scale larger than tethers and presumably have ...

Our biceps and brain cells might have more in common than we believed. According to a new study from the Lippincott-Schwartz ...

A joint research by Professor Can Wang from Tianjin University and Professor Zhurui Shen from Nankai University has shown that the newly synthesized ...

New research suggests that, when combined with regular exercise, two supplements can slow biological aging and reduce the ...

This important study characterizes the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using molecular dynamics simulations. A mesoscale model of bolalipids is presented and evaluated ...