How do people live beyond 110? Abundance of cancer-killing cells might be key
Research on people 110 years and older reveals an immune system that continues to adapt.
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Twenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetings
Scientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing.
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Virus deploys a ‘loose cannon’ enzyme to overpower bacterial defences
Viruses that infect bacteria must either evade or counter the defence systems of their host. The viral kinase enzyme T7K has been found to phosphorylate nearly all bacterial proteins, but its specificity for DNA-binding proteins enables it to disable defence systems that target nucleic acids.
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Nanoscience and nanotechnology
From programmable RNA architectures to next-generation materials for energy and health care, researchers are harnessing the unusual properties of the nanoscale to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges.
