Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have captured the first detailed molecular ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Scientists have identified new anti-aging compounds produced by a little-studied blood bacterium. These indole metabolites ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing RNA in eukaryotic cells and eventually giving rise to proteins. Scientists ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

The lowest of the four biosafety levels and is suitable for work involving well-characterized agents not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adult humans. These organisms pose minimal ...

This collection on daily rhythms and energy metabolism invites research integrating the disciplines of sleep and circadian biology with exercise physiology. Congratulations to Tjale Schütz (University ...

BSL-2 is designed for work with agents that pose moderate hazards to personnel and the environment. These agents are associated with human diseases that are generally treatable or preventable. Agents ...