High-resolution imaging has revealed the internal layout of chromatin condensates, showing how DNA fibers fold and interact ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to ...

DNA is the molecule that contains the hereditary information for cells. The legendary race to uncover its structure began when American biologist James Watson (right) arrived at the University of ...

James Watson, the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA, died on Nov. 6, 2025, at the age of 97 On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he ...

DNA is the molecular basis of heredity, the inherited traits that pass between generations in a person's family tree. Embodied in the sequence of base pairs, DNA carries information between ...

Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

The story of the discovery of the structure of the Double Helix is well-known, but have often erased Rosalind Franklin (Photo ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.