Spider Silks
The parable of those who take to them other than God for guardians (to entrust their affairs to)…
Proteins
19 articles
Tumor Suppressing Mechanisms and Cancer
It is estimated that there are approximately 100 trillion cells in the human body. They fulfill their duties…
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Many animals, including squirrels and birds, bury their excess acorns or nuts in summer. When winter arrives and…
Meet Molecular Motors: The Cargo Transporters in the Microcosm
They are tiny, and there are billions of them inside you. Tiny machines, one thousand times thinner than…
Functional Art in the Nucleus: DNA
Volumes of books and hundreds of articles have been published about the structure and functions of DNA, since…
It’s Not So Futile After All!
Have you ever taken apart an electronic device in order to fix it? If so, you’ll recall that…
The Onerous Journey of a Meatball
I was once a delicious meatball. I should, in fact, say “we,” not “I,” for I was a…
Mushroom: A Unique Blessing
Until recently fungi used to be considered plants. Today, due to their unique qualities, fungi have now been…
Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You! I Am a Stressed Plant
It was a beautiful day in the garden. There was a slight breeze moving my petals and leaves…
Connection, Always and Everywhere
“… there is a stable order in the world as well as a well-established connection, constant norms and…
“WIN”-Win for All With Dialogue
A win-win scenario, or game, describes a situation where the two parties involved manage to devise an action…
A Miraculous Mechanism: DNA Repair
We live in a world full of technological devices, instruments and machines. Even if we buy them from…
From Genes to Proteins: A New Level of Complexity
Newspapers frequently run articles reporting a study about a gene linked to some disease. Thanks to such wide…
Can Genes Alone Explain Everything?
Genetics is probably one of the fastest developing contemporary sciences with an incredibly large accumulation of knowledge. This…
Water: The Molecule of Life
The sustenance of all known life-forms relies heavily on water, and almost all living things are mostly composed…