RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA function ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Can tattoos protect your skin from the sun's harmful rays, or do they make things worse? A new study I conducted with ...

An international team led by Covadonga Orejas, a researcher at the Gijón Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Institute of ...

An exciting new species of lizard, Diploderma bifluviale, has been discovered in the upper Dadu River valley of Sichuan, ...

Studies have shown that even a few hours of monocular deprivation can markedly improve the visual function of the deprived ...

Scientists have discovered how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders, which often lead to severe disability and death.

During each of these phases, our brains show markedly different characteristics in their architecture, according to the new ...

Long-term memory emerges from a sequence of molecular programs that sort, stabilize, and reinforce important experiences.

Every day, our brains transform quick impressions, flashes of inspiration, and painful moments into enduring memories that underpin our sense of self and inform how we navigate the world. But how does ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Children's National Hospital in Washington D.C. are uncovering how rare inherited genetic variants contribute to the development of brain ...

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how fat cells grow in size, in response to accommodating larger ...