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A two-faced protein in a chain that regulates iron and other elements in cells could provide a new target to treat cancer, diabetes and other diseases.

A team of researchers at Rice University, the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of North Texas detailed the structure of a protein called mitochondrial inner NEET (MiNT), part of a…

Kinesins Ignore Weak Forces as They Carry Heavy Loads

If you’re the motor protein up front, be prepared to do the heavy pulling.

That’s one conclusion from a Rice University-led study of the mechanisms that drive kinesins, motor proteins that carry cargo inside cells. The study shows it takes a lot of counterforce to slow down a determined kinesin. Nor does the protein get much help from colleagues that bring up the rear.

The theoretical study…

Theory Lends Transparency to How Glass Breaks

Over time, when a metallic glass is put under stress, its atoms will shift, slide and ultimately form bands that leave the material more prone to breaking. Rice University scientists have developed new computational methods based on a general theory of glasses to explain why.

A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesby Rice physicist Peter Wolynes and former graduate…

New Tools Join Breast Cancer Fight

An international team including Rice University researchers has discovered a way to fight the overexpression of a protein associated with the proliferation of breast cancer.

Dialing down the level of the protein NAF-1 and the activity of the iron-sulfur clusters it transports may be key to halting tumor growth, they reported.

In a study this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…

Bacterial survival switch triggered by growth rate

A team led by <a class="StrictlyAutoTagAnchor" href="http://www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com/tag/rice-university/” title=”View all articles about Rice University here”>Rice University bioengineering researchers has decoded the mechanism that some bacteria use to make life-or-death decisions during extremely tough times.

Deciphering how bacteria respond to stresscould yield new clues for…