A research team led by the Tokyo University of Science and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences has discovered a new ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opt its host’s systems with the help of ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. They have revealed a ...

Borosilicate glass offers extreme stability; Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data would be stable for ...

The atomic structural analysis also revealed the role of the so-called capping enzyme. It is stably integrated into the complex and ensures that the newly formed viral mRNA is immediately provided ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. The study reveals a ...

Nucleotide synthesis-the production of the basic components of DNA and RNA-is essential for cell growth and division.

A research team led by UAB researcher David Reverter has discovered the molecular mechanism that describes in detail the process regulating cell ...

A 45-nucleotide strand of RNA can now synthesize both its mirror-image complement and a copy of itself, bringing scientists ...