In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Scientists are warning that a project aiming to build human DNA from scratch could lead to new types of warfare and is a ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

In nature as well as in our bodies, bacteria predominantly live as organized communities called biofilms. These structures ...