Researchers found that SMC proteins drive bacterial DNA separation by compacting chromosomes lengthwise, generating repulsive forces that push DNA copies apart, ensuring accurate segregation during ...

Scientists reveal a hidden second layer of human DNA, showing how genome folding controls genes and influences disease development.

An international research team has placed quantum light emitters onto silicon chips with roughly 90% success by using tiny ...

The worker who confessed to the murders was pinned by the novel evidence of DNA fingerprinting; his genetic fingerprint ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have built a computer simulation that tracks the entire life cycle of a living cell in four dimensions, capturing how the genetically minimal ...

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows membrane (green cubes), and ribosomes (yellow/purple) interwoven through in the cell’s chromosome (red). Right side shows all the ...

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

A study published in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilize the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for cancer ...

New research shows hydroxyurea reshapes DNA replication in cancer cells, revealing stress responses that may help design ...

A remarkably small bacterium containing fewer than 500 genes serves as the basis for one of the most detailed digital life ...