The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these mechanisms. Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making ...

Many proteins and lipids of the plasma membrane are internalized using clathrin-independent mechanisms. Studies of cargo that is internalized independently of clathrin have revealed new pathways ...

I fell in love with cable driven mechanisms a few years ago and put together some of my first mechanical tentacles to celebrate. But only after playing with them did I start to understand the ...

Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

A mechanism is a set of moving parts that work together to make something happen. A slider is a kind of mechanism that has a bar or rod that moves forwards and backwards, or side to side ...

What is a wheel and axle mechanism? A wheel and axle mechanism is a simple device you make when you connect one or more wheels to an axle. They are used to help things move. A wheel is a round ...

Molecular mechanism for a bacterial infection discovered Date: September 20, 2024 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella ...

Crystalline boron imidazolate frameworks (BIFs) are a lightweight zeolite-like metal-organic framework (MOF) developed to ...

(3) what social mechanisms underlie the relationship between individual and contextual-level characteristics and the social determinants of health among the second-generation in the US. We study that ...

A research team has discovered a novel mechanism essential for initiating autophagy. The study highlights the role of ZDHHC13, an enzyme that palmitoylates ULK1, in triggering autophagy.