A previously unknown kind of ribosome is responsible for folding sperm proteins, which decay before fertilization if prepared by other ribosomes.

This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.

The molting fluid of ant pupae functions as “metabolic currency” in the ant colony and may have enabled the evolution of eusociality. 

Before their own central clocks develop, the brains of fetal rats detect their mother’s metabolic cycle to help regulate the expression of certain genes.

Researchers integrated information from 45 protein, metabolite, and immune data points to identify a window two to four weeks before a pregnant person will go into labor.

Analyzing protein-protein interactions can shed light on what tiny proteins do in the cell.

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Advances in the functional characterization of newly discovered microproteins hint at diverse roles in health and disease.

A mollusk grows magnetic teeth so tough they can grind down rocks.  

Three techniques capture data on numerous protein interactions in plants, mice, and human cells.

Analyses of blood from thousands of people show distinct protein profiles are linked to complex diseases of aging.

Researchers initially set out to investigate the relationship between copper homeostasis and the rare Menkes disease, but they also found links to Parkinson’s.

Researchers are looking to proteins to explore the biology of ancient organisms, from medieval humans all the way back to dinosaurs.