The DNA molecule stands revealed as a double helix shaped roughly like a twisted ladder. The two legs of the ladder are identical, but the rungs are not, and this is the key to the molecule’s ...

Since the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA nearly 70 years ago, scientists have worked to understand how the two strands of DNA are opened to access the genetic information they ...

NEW YORK — The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit.

She realised that DNA had a double helix structure, confirmed by Photograph 51. Photograph: ... They solved the riddle relatively quickly, announcing their double helix discovery in Nature in 1953.

Hi, it’s Tim in Munich. I thought I knew a lot about DNA and the double helix but I had no idea that one scientist involved may have been robbed of her rightful place in history.

Born in London on July 25, 1920, chemist Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a woman of many talents, the most prominent of which was her talent for scientific discovery. From a young age, Franklin was ...

A piece that aired on NPR this week about the discovery of DNA's structure neglected to mention the significant contribution of Rosalind Franklin to that scientific milestone.

Dr. James Watson is auctioning off the Nobel Prize medal he won for the discovery of the structure of DNA. Christie's auction house set the reserve price at $2.5 million.

NEW YORK — The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit.