A modular metamaterial mimics DNA geometry to combine twist compression, tunable stiffness, fast recovery, and reusable shock ...

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

CRISPR — short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats — is a method of genetic editing that uses RNA ...

Rogue DNA rings known as ecDNA may hold the key to cracking glioblastoma’s deadly resilience. Emerging before tumors even ...

But a new study suggests that these parallels are a bit of an accident, and digits come by re-deploying a genetic network that controls a completely different process: the formation of the cloaca, a ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

The recent commentary by Manning et al highlights difficulties comparing results of gastrointestinal microbiome cohort studies.1 They demonstrate how methodological heterogeneity can substantially ...

Some researchers are calling for strict limits, while others speak out against prematurely halting basic science.

Primary cilia play a powerful role in how cells sense their surroundings. They help guide embryo development and ensure ...

In the fast-evolving field of medical science, a new artificial intelligence model may be about to change the way mRNA-based ...