Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed "molecular movie" showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level – revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Two scientists and an editor spent six months investigating so-called paper mills, which churn out bogus scientific papers ...

Dancing could be an unexpected ally for managing stress What if, to relieve stress, you swapped the treadmill for the dance floor? If you already tend to exercise to help manage stress, then there's ...

Chundawat is a bioengineer and expert on protein engineering and glycosciences, the study of complex carbohydrates such as cellulose. To make the cells fluorescent and detectable by the microscope, he ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

Advances in Omic technologies are revolutionizing our understanding of transplantation and transfusion medicine, providing new perspectives on genetic, ...

The capitulation by one of the top U.S. firms reflects deep worries that being threatened by the president could lead to ...

President Trump said the company has been selected to build what may turn out to be the most expensive fighter in history.

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...