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Scientists have observed never-before-seen details of the human androgen receptor, the protein inside of cells that responds to male-typical hormones like testosterone. Using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) the team was able to identify unique features of the receptor that could provide clues to how androgen signaling goes awry in prostate cancer.

Scientists have improved a nanogel so it can now transport individual molecules from one liquid to the other, making industrial processes more energy efficient and opening possibilities to make better solar cells.

A new optical imaging tool has enabled the high-resolution monitoring of fat storage in fruit flies, giving insights into how diet can link to obesity, diabetes and aging.

Inhaled submicroscopic particles escape from the lungs and can cross the placenta, scientists studying factors that produce low-birth-weight babies found.

Researchers have identified a key regulator of the immune system and are looking to reveal how this protein is regulated to understand how cancer patients have different responses to immunotherapy.

Two studies have shown that degrading wastewater pollution through mechanical aeration emits less odorous compounds than intensive systems and that the use of biofilters filled with pruning and mud compost can minimize the odoriferous impact of treatment plants.

A study suggests that stress among misaligned particles in typical cathodes limits lithium flow in batteries.

Researchers have obtained atomic-level insights into the structure of the phosphoketolase enzyme, which will help optimization of this enzyme for chemical feedstock synthesis.

Have you ever wondered if bacteria make distinctive sounds? Researchers have managed to capture low-level noise of a single bacterium using graphene.

Two strains of the bacterium causing TB have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in a completely different way, according to researchers, which may explain why treatments work in some patients and not others.