The human brain, like the brain of other mammals, is known to start developing before birth, via a coordinated sequence of ...

For a long time, scientists depended on luck to find new proteins. In 1840, for example, the Friedrich Ludwig Hünefeld, a ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such ...

Researchers have identified a form of molecular motion that has not previously been observed. When what are known as "guest molecules"—molecules that are accommodated within a host molecule—penetrate ...