Discovery of agile molecular motors could aid in treating motor neuron diseases
...them, and cellular organelles and mitochondria are crammed in. The motor needs to maneuver around those 'obstructions.'" Goldman and Holzbaur suggest that the ability of the dynein-dynactin motor to move in both directions along the microtubule may provide the necessary maneuvering ability to allow for effec...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...the four-week experiment--a high-tech headquarters crammed with laptops, cameras, cables and recorders and powered by solar energy. "Elephants have generally been coming to the waterhole between noon and midnight, so all the cooking and major noise in the camp has to be done by 2 p.m.," O'Connell-Rodwell no...