By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
Advertisement
The Scientist
Most Recent
Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.
Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Satellites of the Golgi apparatus generate the microtubules used to grow outer dendrite branches in Drosophila neurons.
Histone acetylation levels keep intracellular pH in check.
Newly constructed ramps will expand the habitat available to a colony of water voles in London, and similar ramps elsewhere could encourage isolated populations to mix.
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Nanoparticles coated with a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving surrounding cells intact.
Follow The Scientist
Stay Connected with The Scientist
-
The Scientist Magazine
-
The Scientist Careers
-
Neuroscience Research Techniques
-
Genetic Research Techniques
-
Cell Culture Techniques
-
Microbiology and Immunology
-
Cancer Research and Technology
Current Issue
