The tobacco cutworm possesses very powerful gut enzymes. Later in life, these larvae turn into large, hungry moths that eat ...

Enzymes known as kinases play a critical role in cell growth, metabolism and signaling in a multitude of organisms across the tree of life—from algae to helminths to mammals. Now, scientists ...

When looking at headlines about an ancient, century-old person, most of us think "Well, that's genetics right there". However ...

Scaling laws in enzymes may help predict life 'as we don't know it' Date: February 28, 2022 Source: Santa Fe Institute Summary: A team of researchers is developing tools to predict the features of ...

Enzymes: Moving at the Speed of Life By Keith Michael Krise All living things depend on millions of chemical reactions that happen constantly. Chemical reactions that keep you alive happen fast! When ...

The only references we have for “life” are the forms we know on Earth. Astrobiologists suspect that the search for alien life, and even for the origins of life on Earth, may require a broader ...