Calcium is a very special nutrient. In the cells of most living beings calcium ions function as so-called second messengers to transmit important signals. The same applies equally to animal, plant and ...

Calcium ions are essential for cells, but can be toxic in higher concentrations. A team of researchers has now designed and prepared a combination drug that kills tumor cells by modulating the calcium ...

How do we learn to remember? At the most fundamental level, it's all about chemicals and electricity. Beyond their roles in ...

Quantum sensing has long promised exquisite sensitivity, but in the real world, environmental noise usually buries the very signals researchers want to see. A new experiment using just three trapped ...

Researchers use cryo-EM to reveal how the NMDA receptor's Asn cage filters calcium from magnesium to drive learning and ...