A new discovery offers hope for Huntington’s disease. This discovery provides hope that a DNA repair process may help slow or ...

Researchers have revealed new details about the CRISPR-Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex, a variant of the type I-E CRISPR-Cas system, ...

An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the ...

At NC State University, an English professor is searching for clues from the past. He's looked back as far as the eighth ...

Torsional stress in chromatin plays a fundamental role in cellular functions, influencing key processes such as transcription, replication, and chromatin organization. Transcription and other ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

The Double Helix” paints Watson and Crick as lone pioneers while downplaying the contributions of others, most notably of ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

"We wanted to make a soft material, nanoscale robot with grabbing functions that never have been seen before." Researchers ...

Art provides diversification in portfolios, exhibiting a low price correlation with stocks and bonds. As an investment, art can hedge against inflation, but expect bond-level returns. Investors ...

Coltrane, a jazz virtuoso who devoted much of her life to a spiritual journey, is a beacon for today’s artists. An exhibition at the Hammer Museum shows why. By Siddhartha Mitter A jury found ...

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