The structure has a stress-resilient architecture reminiscent of suspension bridges.

Fotis Kafatos, a Greek researcher famous for his work on malaria, has died at age 77.

Alexander Rich, discoverer of Z-DNA, the RNA-DNA double helix, and the structure of collagen, has passed away at age 90.

Researchers create the largest 3-D DNA structures to date, many times bigger than previously constructed origami shapes.

Chris Kaiser, a molecular biologist, leaves his administrative post to return to research and teaching.

Nanoscale cracks in bone dissipate energy to protect against fracture, a process that appears to be regulated by the interaction of two proteins.

Inducing certain brain patterns extends non-REM sleep in mice.

Elwood Jensen, whose research inspired new treatments for breast cancer, has passed away at age 92.

Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations

Sequencing the whole genomes of bacterial pathogens as they spread among hospital patients and health care workers could transform the control of infectious disease.