Scientists have shed new light on how diving mammals, such as the sperm whale, have evolved to survive for long periods underwater without breathing. Scientists at the University of Liverpool have ...

Proteins do not need to be surrounded by water to carry out their vital biological functions, according to new research. Scientists used a state of the art neutron scattering technique to demonstrate ...

Blacksburg, Va. – Some 50 years ago, after decades of effort, John Kendrew determined the structure of the small globular protein, myoglobin, which is responsible for oxygen storage in cells. For this ...

Myoglobin—the first protein for which a 3D structure was determined by x-ray crystallography—still has some tricks up its sleeve, or in its pocket. This is the pocket into which myoglobin’s ...

Unlike humans, many whales can go on hour-long dives without needing to breathe. But no one has been sure how they did it. Now, new research shows it all comes down to a specially adapted ...

Dr Michael Berenbrink from the University of Liverpool explains how marine mammals are able to hold their breath for so long. ByVictoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News Scientists say they have solved ...

Proteins do not need to be surrounded by water to carry out their vital biological functions, according to scientists from the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) in Grenoble, the University of ...