Collagen, the human body’s most abundant protein, is liquid-like inside cells
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Collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons and organs, exists inside cells as a liquid-like droplet rather than the long, rigid rod seen in textbooks over the last half century, according to a new study from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.
New research from the Colombian Andes shows that conserving forest cover across coffee‑growing landscapes is essential for sustaining diverse bird communities, even more than farm‑level shade tree management alone. The study, conducted by ecologists with SELVA and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, examined how both landscape composition and local vegetation structure influence bird habitat use in one of the world’s most important coffee‑producing regions.