Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

Protein gives you energy thanks to amino acids. Learn why researchers want to reassess daily protein recommendations and what ...

In the process of protein synthesis there is a “stochastic” component, i.e., involving random chance, which influences the time the process takes. This aspect has been investigated by two ...

I tried Element Truffles' new chai-spice Ayurvedic vegan protein powder. It blends for a silky-smooth texture in milks, smoothies, yogurts, oats, and more.

Self-labeling protein tags such as SNAP-tag offer the opportunity to attach bright and photostable synthetic fluorophores to ...

Protein enables better lanthanide separations A newly discovered form of lanmodulin offers a more efficient way to separate rare earth elements. by Mark Peplow, special to C&EN June 6, 2023 Credit ...

Researchers discover proton diode: Water is an active element in proteins Date: September 3, 2010 Source: Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum Summary: Biophysicists in Germany have discovered a diode for ...

From smartphones to wind turbines, rare earth elements (REEs) are an essential part of the hardware in many advanced technologies. These elements, which include the lanthanides along with scandium and ...

A protein that binds rare-earth elements could be used to extract and separate these valuable metals from low-grade sources, such as coal ash or electronic waste (ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, DOI: ...

The lanthanide elements were once thought to have no role in biology—until scientists discovered bacteria that cannot thrive without them. These microbes contain proteins and other molecules ...