A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

Approximately four billion years ago, the first forms of life emerged on Earth. For eons, biological life consisted of prokaryotic organisms, either early bacteria or archaea. Determining when ...

Scientists have discovered a single-celled organism in the hot springs of Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is not only ...

Scientists who built the first synthetic eukaryotic genome share hard-won lessons that could accelerate engineering of crops, medicines and industrial organisms.

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a groundbreaking new study has revealed. The research sheds new light on the conditions needed for ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity - a brief molecular halt that may have ...

A newly identified amoeba can survive at the temperature of a medium-well steak. Plus, a distant lava planet shows signs of ...