In biology, many RNA molecules act as sophisticated microscopic machines. Among them, riboswitches function as tiny ...

Tiny machines built from individual molecules are moving from science fiction into working hardware, promising to reshape ...

Course for engineering, biology, and physics students who want to learn about the mechanics of molecules as it applies to the functioning of cells. The inner workings of biological machinery has ...

Dermatology is entering a "biological revolution," with engineered tissues and bio-machines offering new therapeutic ...

Biology is full of molecular machines, such as motor proteins and ATP synthase, that operate self-sufficiently through cycles of oxidation and reduction. A team of human chemists at the University of ...

For Lucas Farnung, there is no question more fascinating than how a single fertilized egg develops into a fully-functioning human. As a structural biologist, he is studying this process on the ...

In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in diameter. By comparison, this corresponds to a 40-kilometer thread packed ...

Researchers are using molecular motors as a new tool for medical intervention to target and destroy cancer cells. (Nanowerk News) Imagine tiny machines, smaller than a virus, spinning inside cancer ...