Beyond the nucleus, no other organelle in eukaryotic cells captures the public's imagination quite like mitochondria: They are the engines of cellular energy production; they possess their own DNA, ...

Caffeine is one of the most commonly consumed drugs in the world. It is found in various naturally occurring substances and can be ingested in a synthetically derived pure form. The majority of human ...

The Australian government has now reported seven cases of a serious type of bird flu in wild birds. Over the last few years, this type of bird flu has caused high numbers of deaths in poultry and wild ...

Heart failure remains a major global health burden, driven largely by pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Mitochondrial dysfunction, particularly impaired mitochondrial complex I activity, is central to ...

Each time another study about human-driven species extinction hits the news in Aotearoa New Zealand, a familiar pattern unfolds in online comment sections. As researchers in this field, we have seen ...

"These three populations are showing various responses." Experts launch ambitious 5-year program to save rare lizard species: ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Biological and solid-state nanopores are at the core of transformative techniques and ...

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the degradation of heme to generate carbon monoxide (CO), free iron and biliverdin, which could then be converted to bilirubin by biliverdin ...

The increase in multidrug-resistant bacteria highlights the urgent need for compounds with novel target sites that can be developed as antibiotics. The argyrins represent a family of naturally ...

As world leaders continue negotiations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, several agreements reached so far have acknowledged the connection between climate change and the global loss of ...