A previously unknown mechanism required for cells to start proliferating has been identified. A combination of mathematical modelling and cell-based experiments shows that the enzyme WEE1 switches off ...

Wee1 inhibitors are a promising new cancer treatment, but serious side effects threaten their adoption in the clinic. Now, ...

MADISON – University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists have developed an approach that allows them to measure with unprecedented accuracy the strengths of hydrogen bonds in a protein. The scientists ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

Researchers have observed a new class of nonlinear Hall effect that can be understood through a geometric description of the electronic wave function. Throughout many branches of physics, a connection ...