Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent. By Robert Kolker For his ...

For decades, scientists have understood proteins primarily through two defining features: their amino acid sequence and their three-dimensional structure. This framework has driven major advances in ...

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Imagine you inherit a house only to discover that there are no labels on any of the breakers in the circuit box. How would you go about figuring out which switch did what? One approach: Turn on all ...