A single iron-sulfur building block directly determines whether ribosomes—the protein factories of our cells—work smoothly or not. This is the conclusion of a recent research project led by the RPTU ...

This press release is also available in Spanish and French. An international team of researchers has analysed the sulphur and iron composition in the wooden timbers of the Mary Rose, an English ...

A bacterium that uses sulfide as an energy source to metabolize solid iron oxides has been discovered, revealing a biological reaction that was previously assumed to be solely chemical. This finding ...

Researchers at the University of Hamburg, the University of Toulouse, and the DESY and ESRF research institutes have observed for the first time in real time how iron-sulfur nanostructures form in ...