Cells must produce energy despite changing conditions. But what keeps metabolic enzymes functional during temperature fluctuations? A team led by Prof. Simon Ebbinghaus and Dr. Harshita Rastogi at Ruhr University Bochum and the Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability investigated this question using phosphofructokinase-1 platelet isoform (PFKP), a central enzyme in glucose metabolism. They found that thermal protection depends less on the size of crowding molecules than on the subtle chemical interactions among them, which can determine how well the enzyme remains active as temperatures rise. Their work was published in the science magazine Angewandte Chemie International Edition from October 8, 2026. 

Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University have discovered that humans and songbirds use markedly different strategies to recognize sequences of complex sounds. The findings shed new light on how biology and experience shape the way we perceive complex sounds, with implications for music and speech.

Research at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds stress during pregnancy may change how the placenta sends messages to the fetus. These changes may help explain how pregnancy stress can affect early brain development. Researchers hope to eventually identify a therapy to stop the transmission of stress.

Researchers have identified a protein not previously found in the placenta that plays a role in infant vascular development and potentially affects maternal health. Their discovery is described in a new article published in Angiogenesis.

Elephants shape the African savanna. They consume huge amounts of forage, dig for water, topple trees and undoubtedly affect all the animals around them. So, what happens to their outsized presence after these iconic animals pass away?

Australian scientists have used high speed video to uncover the unique mechanism that allows a honey bee’s stinger to continue to pump venom into its target even after it has separated from the bee’s body.