How does DNA structure itself from the very first moments of life? A team of researchers has just observed that DNA adopts a defined three-dimensional architecture much more rapidly than ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

Nobel laureate James Watson was expelled from his own laboratory after controversial racial statements that shook the scientific world.

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

Purdue University researcher Emily Dykhuizen explores how cancer takes advantage of the machinery that surrounds DNA to evade the immune system, resist conventional therapies, and spread through ...

Researchers create a massive single-cell atlas of the aging mouse brain, revealing how epigenetic changes and "jumping genes" drive neurodegeneration.

After false starts and incremental gains, scientists crack the problem that made breathing impossible. Will answers come fast ...

SWAT Environmental reports that radon, a harmful gas linked to lung cancer, can be mitigated by testing and using techniques like active soil depressurization.

Vitruvian Man. (Leonardo da Vinci/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of ...

Cyberpunk TCG launches its Kickstarter on March 17, and after playing the alpha decks, its dice-driven Street Cred system already feels unlike any other card game. Check out our full preview here, and ...