Crystallography

What do protein crystallographers dream of? The eukaryotic ribosome, the spliceosome, the nuclear-pore complex, the HIV trimer and almost any transmembrane protein, finds Ananyo Bhattacharya.

Map of fundamental brain receptor opens doors to treatments.

Receptor imaged in embrace with its G protein.

For more than 20 years, Brian Kobilka worked to create a portrait of a key cell receptor. Sometimes, the slow, steady approach wins.

A century ago this week, physicist Lawrence Bragg announced an equation that revolutionized fields from mineralogy to biology, writes John Meurig Thomas.

Studies of a potential vaccine target bolster claims that an earlier paper was flawed.