DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

What if you could take a picture of every gene inside a living organism—not with light, but with DNA itself? Scientists at ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves.

This study provides compelling evidence that kinesin's stepping mechanism is governed by strain-induced conformational changes in its nucleotide-binding pockets. Using pre-steady state kinetics and ...

A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, has uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping life's earliest molecular ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

Using cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy, scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level. The movie ...

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday responded with humor to AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha after he raised concerns about the state of banks in Parliament. "I was amused ...

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