Ribosomes

The internal structure of an animal cell. Illustration: depositphotos.com

On bacteria and economy - the National Science Foundation

An examination of known growth laws that were discovered recently, led to the discovery of new growth laws
The structure of the protoribosome, courtesy of the Weizmann Institute

Prof. Ada Yonat: It is possible that the missing link between pre-life and biological life has been discovered

A significant boost to the protoribosome theory - a tiny molecular pocket made of RNA that appeared in the ancient soup and encouraged connections between amino acids
Ribosome imaging. Source: 2014, Wong et al, CC-BY 4.0 license.

The protein that anesthetizes the bacteria

"Throughout evolution, the cells that knew how to produce proteins in the most 'cheap' way acquired a huge advantage. You can say that the one who was the most economical survived." Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

A traffic light of bacteria

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