A common mineral, α-alumina, found abundantly in Earth's crust, may have played a critical role in initiating the chemical ...

Research in mice showed limited intakes of one particular essential amino acid can slow the impacts of aging and even ...

Proteins are the building blocks of life. They consist of folded peptide chains, which in turn are made up of a series of ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

Learn about metabolomics, biology's fourth language that has remained vastly untapped up until now and could accelerate ...

Why do problems occur with a special variant of 'protein glues', the split inteins, that severely limit their use in producing proteins? A team has now answered this question.

NON-enzymatic decarboxylation of α-amino-acids was tried many years ago by heating them above 200° C., often dissolved or dispersed in an inert solvent too. As the reactions are always exotherm ...

Saturn’s largest moon might not be the barren world it seems. Beneath Titan’s icy crust lies a vast ocean of liquid ...

“Unlike sedatives, L-theanine doesn’t seem to dull the senses,” he explains. “It appears to do this by influencing key brain ...

Every year, thousands of tons of brown algae are extracted from the seabed to obtain compounds such as alginates, a polymer composed of sugars that has high density and strength, offering potential ...