Living things have a remarkable ability to function and thrive in a variety of environments that are constantly changing. Despite exposure to wildly different temperatures during heat waves and cold ...

Adipose tissue has been ignored by anatomists and physicians for centuries, considered to be an energy storage depot with few interesting attributes. The well-documented rise in obesity during the ...

Specific protein-based and riboswitch-based metal sensors monitor the intracellular levels of metal ions and regulate the expression of pathways for uptake, storage and efflux, as well as alternative ...