Knee cartilage usually wears down quietly. Over time, that loss can turn walking stairs into a daily calculation.

The Danish author Solvej Balle’s experimental opus reframes the tedium of contemporary life as a source of unexpected wonders. Solvej Balle in her garden in Denmark.Credit...Giulia Mangione for The ...

V max can be determined experimentally by plotting the initial velocity (v) of the reaction against the substrate concentration ([S]) and finding the asymptotic value on the y-axis. Alternatively, ...

1 Plant Biotechnology Center, College of Agronomy, Jilin Agriculture University, Changchun, Jilin, China 2 Gezira Research Station, Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC), Wad Madani, Sudan Salinized ...

Imagine trying to bake a cake without heat. You’ve got all the ingredients like flour, eggs and sugar, but nothing is happening. That’s what your body would be like without enzymes: potential but no ...

Risk patterns for second primary malignancies among human papillomavirus (HPV)–associated first primary cancer survivors in the United States. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO ...

Elevated liver enzymes can be a sign of injury or inflammation of your liver. Alcohol, medications, or diseases are common causes of high liver enzymes. Lifestyle changes like regular exercise and a ...

Enzymes originally evolved in high-temperature environments and later adapted to lower temperatures as Earth cooled. Scientists discovered that a key shift in enzyme function occurred over ...

Enzymes are amazing catalysts. These proteins are made of nothing more than a handful of Earth-abundant elements, and they promote a vast array of reactions, convert chemical energy to physical motion ...

A new method that successfully designs serine hydrolase enzymes capable of catalyzing ester hydrolysis with high efficiency, demonstrates a computational approach for creating de novo enzymes that ...