This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

A major organization that governs collegiate athletics in the United States has unveiled a new policy prohibiting ...

Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...