When Nasa astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams, 59, returned to Earth this week, after being stranded in space for 288 days, the ...

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

Scientists have finally captured footage of the microscopic machinery that allows our cells to copy DNA—a fundamental process ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Heavy-ion therapy, one of the most advanced radiotherapy techniques, has proven to be more effective than conventional X-rays ...

New findings show that the mitochondria powering our cells also control the ability of a DNA repair protein to suppress the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which causes zombie-like ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

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A preclinical murine asthma model shows that exposure to air pollution particulates during development causes worsened airway hyperreactivity and points to a transcriptomic and DNA methylation ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon shared his love for cricket by playing with children in Delhi during his India visit. Luxon and Indian Prime Minister Modi discussed deepening ...