Enzymes comprise catalytically active metal atoms and surrounding proteins that work very closely to keep their feedbacks going back and forth. Thanks to this cooperative internal communications, ...

image: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Marc-Olivier Coppens has developed a new technique for boosting the stability of enzymes, making them useful under a much broader range of conditions.

Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the attention of scientists like me. Consider muscle movement. Your body ...

When nucleic acids like DNA or RNA build up in a cell's cytoplasm, it sets off an alarm call for the immune system. Enzymes usually clear these nucleic acids before they cause an issue, but when these ...