Throughout life, our cells are constantly exposed to environmental and internal factors that can damage DNA. While such DNA ...

Mitochondria are incredible organelles. They not only provide crucial power to our cells, these little machines also have ...

He showed that specialized cells retain the genes to form an organism.

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human genome—comprising about 17% of the genome. It is commonly called a "jumping gene" or ...

A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic vulnerability made it especially fragile and less ...

“He blended history, culture and current issues in a way that made the material feel alive,” said Santiago Fermin, a ...

Reid Hoffman says the next great AI companies will rise from Silicon Valley's blind spot — not from software and code.

West Nile Virus was once a nominal concern for Utahns but since August 2003, when it was first detected in the Beehive State, ...

By shuttling silver and mercury between binding sites in DNA, scientists make the molecule switch conductance levels like a ...

The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research ...