An expert on carbohydrate transport, Kornberg contributed to the discovery of several metabolic cycles in microorganisms during his seven-decade career.

This previously unknown mechanism for spotting foreign genetic material in the cytoplasm launches antiviral defenses even when the well-known immune mediator STING is absent.

Genes related to the immune system stay active throughout the tree’s life.

The DNA-protein complex has branches that fold back on themselves.

The mechanobiologist at Washington University in St. Louis studied how plants sense their environment.

Scientists carve the shapes from piles of frog cells, like a sculptor building a statue.

It’s now clear that gene transcripts can be constructed in various ways, yet many questions remain about the process.

Eggs from girls and from older women show higher rates of errors in chromosome number.

A single-celled organism has an energy-producing enzyme with unique features.