Hair may grow in a completely different way than scientists once believed. Instead of being pushed out from the root, new ...

A team of US researchers has gained new insights into how large protein molecules consistently fold themselves into useful shapes. Using a new approach to fluorescence microscopy, Hoi Sung Chung and ...

Across the animal kingdom, evolution has opened the door to a growing scientific quest to understand what a menagerie of ...

长期以来，人们认为头发是从发根被“推”出来的。然而，一项最新研究表明，人类头发的生长可能并非如此，而是由毛囊内隐藏的细胞网络产生的力量“拉”上去的。这项发现挑战了数十年来生物学教科书中的解释，并可能影响研究人员治疗脱发和促进头发再生的方法。（背景延伸：传统的头发push理论认为，毛囊底部的毛母细胞不断分裂增殖，将已形成的头发向上顶出，从而实现头发生长。） 来自欧莱雅研究与创新中心（L'Oréal ...

A new LMU study shows how proteins function reliably even without a stable 3D structure – and the crucial importance not only of short sequence motifs, but also of the chemical characteristics.

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