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A new Nature paper has revealed how key bacterial proteins contribute to global carbon, sulfur and other nutrient cycles.

Findings may help unravel next-generation applications for body-implant communications.

A synthetic droplet may give researchers clues on how simplest forms of life on the planet could navigate their surroundings.

The finding has potential to open new directions in medicine, catalysis and energy.

Turning genes on and off as easily and predictably as flicking a switch could be a powerful tool in medicine and biotech. A type of technology called a riboswitch might be the key.

Researchers are identifying the quantity, type, and origin of microplastics in Okinawa’s marine animals, both captive and wild.

Using insertions and deletions, researchers switch the coenzyme binding of a protein providing the first evidence of a link between distinct chemistries.

Mutations that maintain fitness are vital for diversity and, for the first time, scientists have managed to experimentally show how extensive networks of these mutations develop.

The recipient of this year’s Excellence in Mentoring Award, Professor Paola Laurino, leads a group that investigates the structure, function and evolution of proteins called enzymes, which are vital parts of all life.

Scientists develop a new organic catalyst system, inspired by enzymes, that improves the process of making organic molecules from an essential biomolecule called pyruvate.