The enzyme RNA polymerase (RNAP) carries out transcription, copying DNA into RNA. It's the first step in gene expression, and a process fundamental to all life. But the inner workings of this ...

Scientists at Durham University, working in partnership with Jagiellonian University in Poland, have developed a new ...

The genes that could help the world's crops survive drought, heat, and disease probably already exist. But much of this ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

From 3D genome explorers to dynamic simulations, genetics education is entering a new era of interactivity. Students can now manipulate DNA, simulate inheritance, and visualize complex bioinformatics ...

Advances in human genetics are enabling researchers and clinicians to effectively put together a DNA jigsaw puzzle, without ...

Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein's DNA repair process, a ...

The NSF's mandate to secure the national defense, while often overlooked, has never been more relevant than it is today.

This important study probes the long-standing failure to resolve evolutionary relationships between the classical "spiralian" taxa - i.e., annelids, molluscs, brachiopods, platyhelminths and ...

Industry experts highlight advances in proteomics workflows that overcome trade-offs between resolution and throughput.

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Ryan Eichler holds a B.S.B.A with a concentration in Finance ...

Molecular Biology is the field of biology that studies the composition, structure and interactions of cellular molecules such as nucleic acids and proteins that carry out the biological processes ...