DNA
Sugars in the Brain: A hidden key to aging and memory loss
Scientists uncovered striking age-related changes in the sugary coating.
The mechanism behind molecular network formation revealed
There’s a lower chance the molecules will stay connected.
Why do older adults need more vitamin B12 for optimal health?
‘Healthy’ vitamin B12 levels not enough to ward off neuro decline.
Water plays a crucial role in helping protein
Understanding normal gene regulation, and how it changes during disease.
MIT chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structures
It takes just a few minutes to predict how a specific DNA sequence will arrange itself in the cell nucleus.
Neolithic people sacrificed unique ‘suns stones’ due to a volcanic eruption
A large volcanic eruption that made the sun disappear throughout Northern Europe.
Unexpected magnetism in atomically thin material discovered and explained
Work introduces new platform for studying quantum materials.
Researchers identified a new mechanism for maintaining genome stability
R-loops in the wrong place at the wrong time can be disastrous.
A big mystery in cancer research solved
Breakthrough in understanding how tumor cells die after radiotherapy.
How Prochlorococcus’ nightly cross-feeding regulates carbon in the ocean?
An abundant phytoplankton feeds a global network of marine microbes.
A nanopore-based tool to diagnose illnesses much faster
Nanopore-based sensors could transform diagnostics.
Ancient DNA reveals migration patterns of the first millennium
A more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA.
Nanorobotic hand made of DNA grabs viruses for detection or inhibition
It can even block viral particles from entering cells to infect them.
New insights into how mass is distributed in hadrons
Scientists calculated the trace anomaly for both nucleons and pions.
Researchers found evidence of living microbes in the driest environment
In a new study, researchers conducted DNA-based analyses to confirm the high abundance of bacterial life in the Atacama Desert, one of the most...
Study reveals how tardigrades can endure radiation levels
These findings hold implications for safeguarding human health in extreme environments, such as spaceflight.
The impact of plastic chemicals on DNA and reproduction
Phthalate impacts egg formation, leading to wrong chromosome numbers in C. elegans.
‘Selfish DNA’ played a key role in early human development
These elements are not mere genomic parasites.
Scientists identified protein that balances DNA replication and restarting
USP50 protein helps balance nuclease and helicase activity during critical processes.
Your mom is the source of your energy; Study reveals why
The study offers new clues about what may drive some mitochondrial disorders.
Living microbes in a 2-billion-year-old rock
New research could help us understand very early life on Earth and the hunt for evidence of life on Mars.
New insights into the mechanism behind the spatial organization of DNA
Each cell has the potential to become any cell type of the body.
New technique uses DNA microbeads to create complex organoids
Research team uses DNA microbeads to control the development of cultivated tissue.
Billions of combined molecules yield new pharmaceutical substances
Pharmaceutical researchers usually find new active substances by searching through many chemical compounds.
Mapping 50,000 DNA ”knots” in human genome
Unlike the usual double helix, i-motifs are four-stranded DNA structures formed by cytosine pairing on the same strand.
Another unusual creature found lurking in California’s Mono Lake
Colonies of these choanoflagellates have their own unique microbiomes.
Studying millions of DNA molecules simultaneously
New SPARXS technique reveals DNA behaviour at unprecedented speed.