The scientific community said goodbye to a number of leading researchers this year.

Watch as Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan, who wrote the December Reading Frames essay, discusses Brexit and the importance of sharing scientific insights with the public.

Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan’s new book recounts the tale of researchers striving to understand an ancient molecular machine that is essential for all life.

Steitz determined the atomic structure of the ribosome, work for which he won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Ribosome-inactivating proteins from symbiotic bacteria leave their hosts unharmed.

New research suggests that the cells’ protein factories have preferences for specific messenger RNAs they translate. 

An analysis of human cancer genome projects uncovers a counterintuitive loss of ribosomal gene copies.

Feeding-fasting rhythms and light-dark cycles direct regular changes in organ and cell size, as well as ribosome number and protein levels.

Traditional stop codons have a double meaning in the protozoans' mRNA, sometimes calling for an amino acid during translation.