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Science & Nature Learn more about the “glue sniffer” protein, which is able to detect brain cells’ incoming chemical signals, and what that means...

Science & Nature Diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) accelerate evolution by rapidly diversifying variable proteins. The human gastrointestinal microbiota harbors the greatest density of DGRs known...

From Starbucks testing protein-packed cold foam to celebrities launching protein snacks, protein has become a cultural trend. While this macronutrient is essential for building muscles, supporting hormones, and maintaining hair, skin, and nails, nutrition experts caution that overconsumption without balance may do more harm than good. When Protein Overload Leads to Constipation “Once you’ve had

Science & Nature The endoplasmic reticulum donates lipids through a tunnel-like protein to help lysosomes expand...Read MoreLaine Paris

Science & Nature Paleontologists have retrieved ancient enamel protein sequences from a fossilized tooth of Epiaceratherium sp., a rhinocerotid that lived in Canada’s High...

Getting enough protein is essential for preserving muscle mass, supporting bone health and maintaining a strong immune system as we age. Growing research, though, suggests that in addition to how much protein we consume each day, the type of protein we eat – animal versus plant – influences healthy aging too. Now, findings from a

Science & Nature The ability to study proteins in their native cellular context is crucial to our understanding of biology. In this work, we...

Recipes ON THIS WEEK’S episode of Dinner SOS, test kitchen director and host Chris Morocco is joined by test kitchen editor Shilpa Uskokovic to...