Imagine tugging on a Chinese finger trap. The harder you pull, the tighter it grips. This counterintuitive behavior also exists in biology. Certain protein complexes can form catch-bonds, tightening their grip when force is applied. Read More
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Rewriting Chemical Rules: Researchers Accidentally Create Unprecedented New Gold Compound
SLAC scientists created gold hydride in extreme lab conditions. The work sheds light on dense hydrogen and fusion processes. By chance and for the first time, an international team of researchers led by scientists at Read More
Mitochondria are cellular organelles that play an important role in making ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the molecular fuel that powers most cellular functions. These organelles originated over a billion years ago when a primitive archaeal cell Read More
Symmetry-based Floquet optical selection rules help explain light-induced sidebands –
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), in collaboration with international partners, have developed momentum-resolved Floquet optical selection rules. They show how these symmetry-based rules determine the spectral Read More
Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the tiniest known star to host such a world. This surprising find challenges established theories that small stars lack the material to form giant planets. Discovery Read More
Challenging a Century-Old Belief: Scientists Rewrite the Rules of Light-Driven
Researchers have uncovered a new mechanism in photochemistry showing that a molecule’s microenvironment can strongly influence how it reacts to light. A global team of scientists, led by researchers at QUT, is overturning a Read More
A rare mineral found in a centuries-old meteorite — and even on Mars — has stunned scientists with its bizarre heat behavior. Neither fully crystal nor fully glass, this hybrid material conducts heat in a way unlike Read More
A large-scale experiment has uncovered the fundamental rules that govern protein stability, opening the door to more rapid development of drugs and enzymes. Proteins are essential molecular machines that power countless processes in living organisms. Read More
A record-breaking black hole collision has stunned scientists with its sheer scale and speed. Detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories, the event merged two enormous black holes—each over 100 times the mass of the Sun—into Read More
Chinese scientists have developed a novel AI-guided protein engineering strategy that enables faster, cost-effective, and highly accurate protein design. A group of scientists in China, led by Professor Caixia Gao from the Institute of Genetics Read More