If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

"How do the building blocks in our cells know how to organize a particular structure?" asks Prof. Jan Brugués. "Thanks to the enormous progress in molecular biology in recent decades, we now have a ...

For more than a century, fossils meant bones, shells and the occasional imprint of a leaf. Now, a wave of research is showing ...

"Researchers magnify hidden biological structures with MAGNIFIERS." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 05 / 220518160621.htm (accessed January 3, 2026).

The central dogma of molecular biology holds that DNA gets transcribed into RNA, which then gets translated into proteins. Of course, there are exceptions—some viruses, like coronaviruses, forego DNA ...

WOULD YOU like the vanilla in your custard to come from a field of lovely orchids or a barrel of wood pulp? The second option may not seem as appetising, but synthetic vanillin, as vanilla’s ...

Northwestern University researchers almost three years ago introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving “dancing molecules,” to repair tissues and reverse paralysis after severe ...

A new map charts a landscape of smell and can predict odor based on a molecule’s structure (Science 2023, DOI: 10.1126/science.ade4401). Aromas are tricky to quantify and categorize. In vision, colors ...