After years of effort, two research teams have developed 'laser phase plate' systems that could help cryo-electron-microscopy users to generate high-quality structures for a broad range of proteins.
A chemical and biological redox process that resembles processes in petrochemical refining is used to convert lignin from poplar into a single, valuable bioproduct, adipic acid, in high yields.
Experimental demonstration of quantum error-correcting codes combined with error detection and post-selection applied to a trapped-ion quantum processor shows improvements in logical error rates ranging from 11× to 800× compared with several ...
Structures of the distinct binding poses of three agonistic peptide toxins--bullet-ant-derived toxin -paraponeritoxin-Pc1a, cone snail -conotoxin RXIA and the globular -scorpion toxin Cn2--on the human Nav1.6-1 channel complex illustrate a diversity ...
How animals evolved complex multicellularity from their unicellular ancestors remains unanswered. Unicellular relatives of animals exhibit simple multicellularity through clonal division, formation of multinucleate coenocytes, or aggregation. 1 ...