When the Break Is Just around the Loop/ Cell, July 27, 2017 (Vol. 170, Issue 3)
When the Break Is Just around the Loop. Inside the nucleus, DNA is packed in highly complex structures that help to control which genes are on and off each time. In this video abstract, Andre Nussenzw...
PLANTS Opinon on Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens
Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens - Created by Bruce D.L. Fitt and colleagues (University of Hertfordshire). Read the related Opinion article in Trends in Plant Science he...
Emer Marguire, from Queen's University Belfast with "Why Do We Kiss? The Science of Smooching" - a three minute pitch from the FameLab Northern Ireland Final, an international science compe...
The Heart as a Metabolic Organ - Eric Olson describes how a drug designed to treat cardiac disease reveals an unexpected role for the heart in whole-body energy homeostasis....
Jin et al. present HEMNMA method that allows more extensive analyses of gradual conformational changes in large macromolecular complexes from electron microscopy images. The featured movie captures an...
How Does the Octopus Prevent Arm-to-Arm Interference?
Each of the eight long and flexible arms of the octopus is equipped with two rows of hundreds of suckers. This video from Nesher et al. shows that these suckers have a reflexive tendency to stick them...
