molecular biology

Why Spider Silk Outperforms Steel, According to New Research

At first glance, a spider’s web looks almost weightless, as if a strong breeze…


The Human Genome Has Been Mapped One Nucleotide at a Time

For more than two decades, scientists have known the full sequence of the…


Scientists Have Uncovered A New DNA Structure Inside Living Human Cells

For decades, the double helix has reigned supreme as the face of DNA—tightly…