Mammalian mitochondrial translation requires fidelity mediated by proofreading function of threonyl-tRNA synthetase

In a study published in PNAS, the team led by Prof. Zhou Xiaolong and Prof. Wang…

New details revealed about the life cycle of an unusual class of stars

It can be tempting to think of the stars that light up the sky each night…

Immune cells move more independently than previously thought

Human immune cells are capable of coordinating their own movement more independently than previously thought. InFLAMES…

Warming trends will likely result in major disturbances of networks of forest fungi

Children are taught to leave wild mushrooms alone because of their potential to be poisonous. But…

The first organic oscillator that makes catalysis swing

Oscillating chemical systems are present at nearly every popular chemistry exhibition—especially the ones that display striking…

How short-term heat waves impact apex marine predators

A large team of marine scientists affiliated with a host of institutions across the U.S. has…

Researchers confirm furthest ever detection of a galaxy's magnetic field

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy…

Chinese paleontologists find new fossil link in bird evolution

Birds descended from theropod dinosaurs by the Late Jurassic, but our understanding of the earliest evolution…

Chemists devise a method for C-H activation of alcohols

Scripps Research chemists have extended a powerful molecule-building method—called C-H activation—to the broad class of chemicals…

Engineering of plant cell wall by modifying enzymes opens new horizons

A newly discovered way of optimizing plant enzymes through bioengineering has increased knowledge of how plant…