A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form as ...

Chemical genetics is the study of gene-product function in a cellular or organismal context using exogenous ligands. In this approach, small molecules that bind directly to proteins are used to alter ...

How did digits evolve? While it is clear that they derive from genetic programs already present in fish, their precise origin ...

Trapping ultracold atoms with laser light let researchers magnify and then image the wave functions of atoms that were ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.