4+ min ago   (56+ words) Piezoelectric polymers have long promised a future in which the flex of a shoe sole, the flutter of a breath, or the vibration of a bridge quietly generates its own electricity, powering sensors and wearables without a single battery swap....

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4+ min ago   (55+ words) Scientists have unveiled a powerful new method that allows researchers to measure intact protein forms, known as proteoforms, one molecule at a time and on a scale never before possible. The technique, called Iterative Mapping of proteoforms, was demonstrated on…...

12+ min ago   (464+ words) Every living cell depends on thousands of distinct protein families, each folding into precise three-dimensional shapes to carry out the molecular tasks that sustain life....

19+ min ago   (72+ words) Aging has long been studied through the lens of DNA damage, protein misfolding, and cellular senescence, but a new framework published in Aging Cell argues that the story begins far higher up — in the air we breathe. Researchers led by…...

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20+ min ago   (596+ words) Medical implants save millions of lives every year, yet they remain vulnerable to two stubborn enemies: corrosion and infection....

20+ min ago   (580+ words) A rare and devastating form of autoimmune encephalitis has long puzzled neurologists: patients develop severe sleep disturbances, breathing difficulties, and progressive movement and cognitive problems, yet the underlying attack on the brain remained poorly understood at the molecular level....

29+ min ago   (722+ words) Two aromatic plants native to central Argentina, known locally as poleo and peperina, are quietly emerging as serious contenders in the global search for greener food preservatives....

31+ min ago   (55+ words) Hyperspectral imaging has long promised a kind of digital omniscience: sensors that capture hundreds of narrow spectral bands, revealing the chemical fingerprints of crops, wetlands, minerals, and city streets in a single sweep. Yet the technology has always carried an…...