Each cell in our bodies carries about two meters of DNA in its nucleus, packed into a tiny volume of just a few hundred cubic ...

A research team led by Prof. HU Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a ...

Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to ...

The nucleolus is where ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is transcribed, processed, and assembled into the building blocks of ribosomes, the molecular machines that make proteins. Researchers discovered that rRNA ...

Scientists have observed a brand-new and exotic atomic nucleus: aluminium-20. Unlike anything seen before, it decays through ...

New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles.

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and ...

The last individual of a Portuguese coastal plant species, extinct in the wild, was thought to be growing at the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens.