Researchers from Osaka University find that peristaltic pump action and high shear flow forces promote amyloid nucleation.

Figure 1: Model of Spir and Cappuccino cooperation in actin nucleation/polymerization. Together these findings establish actin nucleation by multiple WH2 domains as a general mechansim.

Mokhtar Adda-Bedia from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, have unveiled groundbreaking insights into the mechanisms driving frictional rupture and earthquake nucleation. Their study, which ...