A single type of chemical structure that shows up again and again in modern medicine is the amide bond that links a carbonyl ...

For more than a century, fireflies have been treated as biology’s most dependable natural light source. Each species was ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...

Deep in your muscles, an enzyme called AMPD1 helps turn chemical fuel into usable energy. When it does not work well, muscles tire faster.

Quantumzyme Corp. (OTC: QTZM) (the "Company"), a biotransformation company focused on sustainable enzyme-based solutions, today announced continued progress on a series of strategic corporate ...

Researchers have discovered that variations in firefly light emission could impact the accuracy of cancer cell tracking and tumour size estimation in bioluminescence imaging.

NQR is a sodium pump that drives the respiration of many marine and pathogenic bacteria. Using redox reactions, the process of exchanging electrons between materials, it powers the transportation of ...

The enzyme Na⁺-NQR is a sodium pump that drives the respiration of many marine and pathogenic bacteria. Using redox reactions, the ...

An experimental inhibitor regrew cartilage in aged mice, opening up an alternative to arthritis and prosthetics.

Oxygen fills the air today, but for most of Earth’s early history it barely existed. Scientists say the atmosphere did not hold steady oxygen until about 2.

We’ve been conditioned to panic about the sugar in strawberries, but in truth, several very popular vegetables contain the ...