An increased production of ribosomes may underlie cell migration and relate to cancer metastasis, according to a new study.

Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology, thanks to new technology that allows them to observe the process in living cells. It’s teaching them a lot.

A clock constructed of rDNA methylation sites can estimate both chronological and biological age across species.

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.

Newly developed techniques from four different groups rely on the same basic steps to track translation in live cells.

Bits of the transcriptome once believed to function as RNA molecules are in fact translated into small proteins.

Researchers scour the genome for micropeptides encoded within RNAs presumed to function in a noncoding capacity.

Scientists build a specialized ribosome with linked subunits that can translate designer transcripts in bacteria.

Multiple consecutive adenosine nucleotides can cause protein translation machinery to stall on messenger RNAs.

February 2015's selection of notable quotes

Researchers find that a type of neurodegeneration in mice is linked to ribosomal stalling during protein translation in the brain.