The DNA in our cells is constantly damaged, with the most severe being the simultaneous breakage of both strands that compose ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures. Specifically, the same RNA molecule can switch between ON and OFF structures, ...

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 ...

A portion of our genome that was once dismissed as being “junk” may actually play an important role in regulating gene ...