The most famous image to emerge from 20th-century biology is the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) double helix, illustrating the structure of the gene, life’s genetic material. Credit for the ...

Researchers discovered a previously unknown function of RNA, potentially opening the door to new ways to treat cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break ...

INCREASING attention has been directed in recent years to the effects of freezing and thawing on the structural and functional integrity of various biological materials, especially from the point ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

Infomercial channels are riddled with the next-best hair-loss solution, but those toupees, ointments, and hair plugs might ...

Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, from Cambridge, has won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Khorana Prize in recognition ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

The Bank of England has been accused of 'wrongheaded wokery' after revealing it could drop historical figures from banknotes ...

Consciousness gives rise to a sense of self and personal agency. The question is, how do biological processes give rise to ...