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Image of laptop with RNA degradation diagram, showcasing microRNA authentication. A smartphone shows related authentication prompts.

Study reveals 2FA system that controls protein and microRNA destruction

March 19, 2026

Cell Biology Proteins Structural Biology

Researchers have uncovered how cells selectively destroy certain microRNAs through protein degradation more

Detailed molecular model illustrating RNA transcription process, highlighting 5' RNA cap, FluPol, DSIF, transcription Pol II, and cleavage site.

Influenca virus steals RNA-cap

March 04, 2026

Infection Biology Proteins Structural Biology

Researchers have deciphered the process by which the influenza virus steals the cap of the host RNA to replicate more

The comic-style illustration schematically shows ribosomes from which a newly produced protein emerges. The end of the protein strand is stuck in a barrel-shaped protein called TRiC. Two light bulbs are located on the ribosome and the TRiC protein, their circles of light overlapping each other. The protein prefoldin is located next to the ribosomes.

Dynamic interaction between protein folding helpers and proteins

February 05, 2026

Cell Biology Proteins Structural Biology

Researchers have analyzed the dynamics of the protein folding helpers TRiC and prefoldin together with their substrates for the first time more

The image shows three proteasomes on the left that have joined together to form a trimer. On the right is a tomogram of a yeast cell from a cryo-electron image, showing the paracrystalline structure of the proteasome storage granules.

Structure and function of proteasome storage granules elucidated

January 28, 2026

Cell Biology Proteins Structural Biology

Proteasomes form paracrystalline structures in proteasome storage granules. more

3D animation of a ribosome attached to SND3 on the ER surface. The backgroud of the illustration shows heat marks, referencing the hot environment in which Chaeomium thermofilum thrives.

SNDing proteins into the membrane

October 29, 2025

Proteins Structural Biology

Recent structural study reveals a new route for membrane protein insertion in fungi. more

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MaxPlanckResearch 4/2025 Science Magazine - Focus: Marketed

How much regulation the market economy needs is a question of finding the right balance. Without rules, it would not have been able to develop, as the history of economic law researched at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory shows. The housing market also demonstrates how difficult it is to regulate economic activities. Studies at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies show why housing in Germany has become increasingly expensive, not least because of its liberalization. A project at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition aims to contribute to rebuilding the Ukrainian pharmaceutical industry, which was already strong in Soviet times, by providing a solid understanding of it after the end of Russia's war of aggression.