A project at China's Shenzhen University has developed a new sensing platform for the detection of biomakers in blood. Described in Optica, the device "paves the way for next-generation diagnostic ...

Using cryo-electron microscopy—a technique that images flash-frozen proteins with an electron beam—researchers captured multiple conformational snapshots of the cold sensing channel, TRPM8, as it ...

When you step outside on a winter morning or pop a mint into your mouth, a tiny molecular sensor in your body springs into action, alerting your brain to the sensation of cold. Scientists have now ...

Cells constantly monitor and recycle their proteins through a tightly regulated waste-disposal system. Proteins that are no longer needed are tagged and broken down by specialized cellular machinery.