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Bee-Free Honey Alternatives Show Promising Medical and Antimicrobial Potential

Vegan honey alternatives could be engineered to have similar antimicrobial properties to prized mānuka honey from New Zealand, according to research at Aston University.

16 Oct 2026

Naturally Occurring Protein Balances Immune Protection and Excessive Tissue Inflammation

A naturally occurring protein can help the immune system fight viral infections while also reducing the damaging inflammation that often accompanies them, a new study from McMaster University has found.

16 Oct 2026

Scientists Discover Molecular Chain Reaction Behind Sound Wave Healing

Researchers from Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, have identified a CaN/NFATC3/Id3/E2A/Bmp4 signaling pathway that helps explain how low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) promotes bone regeneration.

16 Oct 2026

New Open-Source Resource Maps Adolescent Brain Development Across Large Datasets

Researchers have created a large, openly available neuroimaging resource from more than 24,000 MRI scans of over 10,000 adolescents, providing an unprecedented view of how the brain's wiring develops during adolescence.

15 Oct 2026

Direct Structural Determination Uncovers Unpredicted Metal Binding Modes in Proteins

The EC numbers (Enzyme Commission numbers) serve as a widely used classification system for enzymes based on seven reaction types. However, a very small number of enzymes cannot be clearly assigned to a single class, and contain ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI) and D-apionate oxidoisomerase (ApnO).

15 Oct 2026

Breakthrough in Bacterial Enzyme Engineering for Sustainable Industrial Chemical Production

To produce pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, and flavours and fragrances, it is often necessary to oxidise alcohols. In conventional chemistry, this transformation typically relies on harsh oxidants and elevated temperatures, besides generating toxic waste.

15 Oct 2026

Biochemists Map the Cellular Machinery Behind Nuclear Pore Construction

The cells of higher organisms such as mammals, flies and fungi enclose their genetic material in a nucleus.

14 Oct 2026

Researchers Capture Real-Time Molecular Movie of Penicillin Enzymatic Ring Closure

Researchers from the University of Oxford and international collaborators have revealed previously unseen rapid chemical stages in the formation of β-lactam antibiotics like penicillin, offering insights that can support future antibiotic development.

10 Oct 2026

Single-Molecule Optical Tweezers Visualize Real-Time Dynamic Protein and DNA Interactions

A protein that's essential to every cell's ability to turn off unnecessary genes is well known for its key function of compacting genes and its connection to cancer when it undergoes mutation.

1 Oct 2026

Kupffer Cells Increase Apolipoprotein Secretion in Response to Indigestible Plastics

Microplastics appear capable of significantly impairing the function of phagocytes in the liver, at least in mice. In turn, this disrupts the metabolism of this vital organ and increases the build-up of fat inside it. These are the key findings from a joint German-Austrian study led by the University of Bonn, details of which have now been published in the journal "Nature Metabolism."

1 Oct 2026

Gut-Derived Neutral Ceramidase Regulates MASH Through Microbial and Epithelial Signaling

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is often viewed through the lens of hepatic lipid accumulation, inflammation and fibrosis.

30 Sep 2026

Scientists Pinpoint the Brain Circuit That Regulates Metabolism

As the body’s temperature decreases, it compensates by utilizing additional energy to produce heat and stimulating the desire to eat to replenish the energy expended for warmth.

28 Sep 2026

How Feedback Mechanisms Control Neural Chaos for Stable Visual Processing

What we see appears stable, even though neuronal activity is full of irregular fluctuations. A team led by Dr Mehdi Borjkhani from ICTER has shown, using a minimal model of the primary visual cortex, that two natural feedback mechanisms can constrain chaos and reduce variability in neural activity by up to 93 percent.

23 Sep 2026

Researchers Identify Peptide That Counters Key Processes of Neurodegenerative Disorders

Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders are among medicine's most challenging conditions, progressively impairing memory, movement and independence. Now, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a naturally occurring peptide - a small protein fragment called catestatin (CST) - that may help counter several key processes driving neurodegeneration.

23 Sep 2026

What Drives Pregnancy Cravings? Researchers Find a Clue in the Brain

What causes intense food cravings during pregnancy? Scientists at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, working alongside collaborators, have pinpointed a neural mechanism that may explain how pregnancy influences the desire to pursue certain highly appealing foods.

22 Sep 2026

Antidepressant Withdrawal, Not Relapse, Linked to Mood Changes

When people stop taking antidepressants they can feel terrible – their mood can plummet and anxiety can spike.

22 Sep 2026

Blocking Mitochondrial Iron Transport Protects Cells Against Elevated Cysteine Toxicity

Cysteine is one of the main building blocks that cells use to make proteins.

22 Sep 2026

New Research Reveals Complex Protein Dynamics Within Human Red Blood Cells

They account for nearly 83% of all cells in the human body, yet red blood cells are often portrayed as little more than bags of hemoglobin ferrying oxygen from the lungs to the heart and beyond. But new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz reveals that they are vastly more complex with far reaching consequences for health, exercise and fitness.

21 Sep 2026

Research Reveals Molecular Link Between Matrix Protein Motifs and Ameloblast Organization

Tooth enamel looks simple from the outside and consists of a hard, smooth surface built to withstand years of wear.

12 Sep 2026

Study Uncovers Hidden Human "Dark Proteome" Members Across Protein Models

Hundreds of millions of proteins make up the known protein universe, but most remain largely unexplored. Inside the human body, thousands of these dark proteins remain mysteries. Scientists may know they exist, but not what they do or why they matter.

12 Sep 2026

Biochemistry

Bee-Free Honey Alternatives Show Promising Medical and Antimicrobial Potential

Naturally Occurring Protein Balances Immune Protection and Excessive Tissue Inflammation

Scientists Discover Molecular Chain Reaction Behind Sound Wave Healing

New Open-Source Resource Maps Adolescent Brain Development Across Large Datasets

Direct Structural Determination Uncovers Unpredicted Metal Binding Modes in Proteins

Breakthrough in Bacterial Enzyme Engineering for Sustainable Industrial Chemical Production

Biochemists Map the Cellular Machinery Behind Nuclear Pore Construction

Researchers Capture Real-Time Molecular Movie of Penicillin Enzymatic Ring Closure

Single-Molecule Optical Tweezers Visualize Real-Time Dynamic Protein and DNA Interactions

Kupffer Cells Increase Apolipoprotein Secretion in Response to Indigestible Plastics

Gut-Derived Neutral Ceramidase Regulates MASH Through Microbial and Epithelial Signaling

Scientists Pinpoint the Brain Circuit That Regulates Metabolism

How Feedback Mechanisms Control Neural Chaos for Stable Visual Processing

Researchers Identify Peptide That Counters Key Processes of Neurodegenerative Disorders

What Drives Pregnancy Cravings? Researchers Find a Clue in the Brain

Antidepressant Withdrawal, Not Relapse, Linked to Mood Changes

Blocking Mitochondrial Iron Transport Protects Cells Against Elevated Cysteine Toxicity

New Research Reveals Complex Protein Dynamics Within Human Red Blood Cells

Research Reveals Molecular Link Between Matrix Protein Motifs and Ameloblast Organization

Study Uncovers Hidden Human "Dark Proteome" Members Across Protein Models

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