Iron is an essential trace element in biological cells. The concentration of the element and its so-called redox state—it can ...

The discovery that some fluorescent proteins are sensitive to magnets could lead to the development of switchable drugs and biosensors.

With a little tweak of the color palette, University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have made it easier for scientists to understand biological processes, track happenings inside ...

This article and associated images are based on a poster originally authored by Sam Hoare, Luciana Leo, Anastasia Schultz, and Thom Hughes and presented at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2025 in affiliation ...

In order to understand metabolic processes, it is important to be able to detect critical individual elements and metabolites in living organisms. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

Scientists at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Medical Research have developed protein recorders that can capture and analyze biological activities over multiple periods. The method is scalable and ...

Prior to the advent of the tools and technologies for live-cell imaging, biologists relied on single snapshots of cellular events to understand how cells function. Yet without the ability to observe ...

The new carbon nanotube sensor design resembles a molecular toolbox that can be used to quickly assemble sensors for a variety of purposes -- for instance for detecting bacteria and viruses. An ...

ORNL scientists created a biosensor technology that lets researchers visualize and track RNA activity in living plants, using a molecular splicing technique and a fluorescent marker protein. *This ...

About three-fourths of our genome is transcribed into RNA, and these RNAs are involved in essentially every cellular process. Like us, RNA cannot do its job if it is not in the right place at the ...

Rapid and reliable virus detection is one of the most critical tools for controlling outbreaks, from seasonal influenza to global pandemics like COVID-19. A new review published in Biocontaminant ...