Perotto and colleagues took advantage of the thiol groups on the cysteine amino acids in keratin. They thought they could ...

Alternative RNA splicing is like a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the same footage to create different ...

South Korea's Uiseong County will build a cultivated meat R&D centre with $10M in government funding, as part of the ...

Scientists have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge -- a by-product of wastewater treatment -- into green hydrogen for clean energy and single-cell protein for ...

In this guest feature for vegconomist, Nils shares key insights from Natural Products Expo West 2025, where the focus ...

Higher brain GSH levels from wood-chewing were directly correlated with better memory performance in healthy young adults. Incorporating foods that require more vigorous chewing might be a simple way ...

Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station ...

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge — a by-product of wastewater treatment — into ...

Protein design (or protein engineering) is a technique by which proteins with enhanced or novel functional properties are created. Proteins can be engineered by rational design, which typically ...

Proteins play a key role in the life sciences -- from basic research and biotechnological applications to the development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Scientists have developed a method that ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

“When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use their hind legs to grab the fiber and pull it out. That stretches ...