Every living cell, from the simplest bacterium to a human neuron, relies on the same basic machinery to read, interpret, and use its DNA. This molecular machinery is so fundamental that life as we ...

Scientists often describe life as a series of chemical reactions. Pallav Kosuri, Ph.D., describes life as movement. Chemical ...

This breakthrough transforms the building of synthetic DNA from a chemical process to an electrical one. Here’s what you’ll ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene linked to congenital heart disease acts like an architect for the heart cell’s DNA.

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The intricate dynamics of RNA biology in plant interactions with biotic factors, including both microbes and insects, have a major impact on plant health and productivity. Understanding the molecular ...

A mathematician has cracked an 87-year-old conundrum with the help of AI and announced the solution unceremoniously in a tweet. The finding is the most difficult mathematical problem yet solved by AI, ...

Cell division is an elaborate dance shared between protein and DNA partners. This fluorescence microscope video captures the initial cell division right after fertilization of a roundworm embryo.

A woman took a DNA test while searching for a kidney donor—and the results said two of her own sons were not biologically hers. What looked impossible led doctors to a rare condition called chimerism, ...

The Jacobian conjecture is a long-standing open problem in algebraic geometry that's bedeviled highly accomplished mathematicians for almost 90 years. It was included in "Smale's problems," a list of ...