Despite being made from a relatively simple set of building blocks, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has a broad array of complex ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Previous researches on DNA included topics of bases, base-pairing, hydrogen bonds, structure, base sequence, dynamics, ...

Could a natural check on cancer be used to stop the disease? It's possible, but to leverage a system that nature designed, we must first understand it. Researchers led by a team at Purdue University ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things—including a crucial event that happened ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have mapped the molecular landscape of the mouse hippocampus, a ...

Structural and computational approaches uncover the molecular basis for dimerization, open-closed conformational transitions, and the dynamic behavior of the human angiotensin-I converting enzyme ...

How does our nose work? Have you wondered how we can detect so many different types of odors? There is chemistry behind food smells. In this activity, we will explore how small changes in chemical ...

Understanding how drugs interact with their molecular targets at the atomic level is central to modern drug discovery.

Protein folding is essential for maintaining physiological functions, and improper folding can lead to the formation of toxic aggregates such as amyloids, ...