The ocean, covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, is home to an astonishing diversity of life, much of which remains ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ...

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

Is Rosalind Franklin a ghost that still haunts the history of genomic science? Alan Booth looks into her remarkable story ...

Proteins are fundamental biomolecules that perform a broad range of vital functions within the human body. They serve as an essential structural and functional component of cells, tissues and organs ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers and has one of the lowest survival rates—only 10% after five years.

Because RNAs are so central to our biology, they are also drivers of a wide array of diseases. Defects in how RNA is produced ...

A team of scientists has directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and shake during a chemical reaction that removes hydrogen atoms from ...

Concern is growing among public health experts that anti-vaccine sentiments within federal and state governments may derail ...

A dark patch on the Sun's face marked a coronal hole spotted in March 2013 by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. This image shows the Sun in high-energy X-rays using data from three space telescopes.

Scientists at the University of Iowa have made an exciting discovery that could lead to new cancer-fighting drugs. They found ...

The wife of a missing retired Green Beret was arrested Friday after his DNA matched human remains found in a pond near his Cumberland County home, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said in a ...