In the 1950s, Stanley Miller and Nobel laureate Harold Urey conducted experiments at the University of Chicago in which they ...

Scientists have uncovered why a critical part of photosynthesis only uses one of two seemingly identical pathways, revealing hidden energy barriers and structural nuances that could help engineer more ...

Despite the uniqueness of each transformation journey, a structured approach to such initiatives involves common steps that ...

How proteins in our cells attain their correct three-dimensional structure is crucial to their function—and to our health. Errors in this process can lead to serious diseases. Researchers at the ...

In-vitro fertilisation, or IVF, is often seen as an overwhelming process. But when broken down step by step, it's a carefully ...

Remember how your parents and teachers always said you should sit up straight and stand with your shoulders back and head ...

What made ribose the sugar of choice for life's code? Scientists at Scripps Research may have cracked a major part of this ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

In their important manuscript, Gangadharan, Kober and Rice focus on how Stu2/XMAP215-family microtubule polymerases use their TOG domains to catalytically promote microtubule growth, testing whether ...