In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

At school, it's often presented as a tidy double helix but scientists are revealing the varied and intricate shapes of DNA molecules.

At school, it’s often presented as a tidy double helix but scientists are revealing the varied and intricate shapes of DNA ...

At school, it's often presented as a tidy double helix but scientists are revealing the varied and intricate shapes of DNA molecules.

Researchers have controlled the evolution of E. coli bacteria in the lab in order to dramatically increase the amount of ...

In 1935, in a Europe on the brink of war, Erwin Schrodinger trapped an imaginary cat inside a quantum puzzle -- and in doing ...

riedrich Miescher discovered the molecule for DNA—or deoxyribonucleic acid—in 1869. Nearly 100 years later, in 1953, a group of scientists discovered DNA's double helix structure, which would confirm ...

They are called plectonemes. They are the analog of the twisted tangles of telephone cords, and can form in DNA that is ...

DNA is a molecule that can get twisted and tangled - a process that must be closely regulated A research team has developed an automated technique to ...

They are called plectonemes. They are the analog of the twisted tangles of telephone cords, and can form in DNA that is pulled through a nanoscale channel. This is the finding of a study led by Ulrich ...

Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of ...