By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
NIH researcher Roberto Romero describes the recent discovery of genetic elemetns that contribute to the risk of preterm birth.
American naturalist Louis Agassiz had a zeal for collecting that encouraged a nation to engage with nature.
Double helix celebrates 60; detecting calories without taste; bacteria vs. tumor; perceptual consciousness in babies
Better health care in Gambian villages lead to flip-flopping selection pressures on height and weight.
Genome Biology speaks to a scientist involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA, and asks modern geneticists to highlight the key advances that have followed.
By engineering the genome of E. coli with genes from several sources, scientists have coaxed the microbe to produce diesel-replica hydrocarbons.
One of the surviving UK homes of pioneering but long-overlooked evolutionary theorist Alfred Russel Wallace is on the market.
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.