When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

A research team from the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague has discovered Solarion arienae, an extremely rare ...

Mycorrhizal fungi grow on and around plant roots and form a symbiotic relationship with plants, transporting nutrients and ...

A single-celled organism squirming about in the searing waters of California's Lassen Volcanic National Park has just set a ...

Research shows that antibacterial doses of "Miracle Mineral Solution" are likely harmful to the people taking it.

Cells frequently encounter conditions that can damage them or even lead to cell death. To keep functioning, they must rapidly ...

Researchers have found a small but powerful switch inside breast cancer cells that helps them survive stressful conditions.

It's not every day that biologists announce an entirely new branch of life, and this one has been hiding under their noses ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Most days you move through the world without thinking about the invisible creatures that surround you. Yet one of them, a ...

Ribosomes don’t just make proteins—they can sense when something’s wrong. When they collide, they send out stress signals ...