A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, has uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping life's earliest molecular ...

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

The loss of muscle mass and strength poses an increasingly significant challenge for an aging society. Prof. Kristina ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Plastics are deeply woven into modern life, valued for their strength, clarity, flexibility, and affordability. However, the production and disposal of these materials pose serious environmental ...

Recent work in The EMBO Journal describes a new hybrid post-translational modification of proteins, composed of a poly-ubiquitin chain that is attached to a target protein via a mono-ADP-ribose (MAR) ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

2.4.3. Polyester Polyol Synthesis Utilizing Recovered Monomers Adipic acid and MEG, recovered from the direct hydrolysis of PESOL–PU, were used to synthesize new polyester polyol. Adipic acid (0.11 ...

Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsutacho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan Department of Life Science ...

In these polypeptides, the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine act as key “sticker ... The last two terms on the right-hand side of this expression capture the propensity of a monomer to ...