When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

Proteins, one of the smallest building blocks of life on Earth, hold promise for answering some of biology's biggest ...

A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, ...

RNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production.

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in samples from the ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By ...

When densely packed, long molecular chains, such as chromosomes, in living cells can crawl past their neighbours, computer ...

Interbreeding between Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans is presented as a network rather than a simple branching ...