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

Emirati mechanical engineer Aysha Ali Samra AlShehhi, who is developing a bio-inspired robotic arm to transform aircraft ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal ...

Analysis of 135,000 participants reveals 11 genetic regions tied to delayed gratification and shows shared biology with ...

This article was prepared for the Science Olympiad. The interview was conducted by Yuta Mikhalkin, from the Volunteers for Physics in the Science Olympiad media team. After taking part in the Olympiad ...

Science fiction and noir go perfectly together, with films like Looper and Gattaca finding the perfect balance between the ...

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

In September, David Baltimore — the scientist who discovered reverse transcriptase, a breakthrough often described as one of ...

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

Statement 1: DNA synthesis always proceeds in the 5' to 3' direction.

The discovery of a juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka, found in Siberian permafrost with its skin and muscles intact, has already marked paleontological history. A team of scientists has just ...