A team of researchers from Caltech and the University of Southern California has developed a microrobot for drug delivery ...

Scientists have shown that a notorious hospital fungus has learned to survive on human skin by feeding on carbon dioxide released at the surface. That metabolic edge helps it persist where infections ...

Wei Gao's lab at Caltech has made simple protein bubbles that are "smart" enough to transport themselves to tumor sites where they can be popped to release drug therapies ...

Digestive enzyme supplements have gained popularity for their claims of treating common forms of gut irritation, heartburn and other ailments. But how do digestive enzymes work, and who really needs ...

Nitrogen (N) is the nutrient required in the greatest amounts and the most limiting factor for plant growth (Souza and Fernandes, 2018). Urea [CO(NH 2) 2] is the most used N fertilizer worldwide, with ...

In the world of biochemistry, knowing that a reaction is “fast” isn’t quite enough. To truly understand a biological catalyst, we need to know exactly how hard a single molecule of that enzyme is ...