Cancer treatment has long been haunted by the same problem: how do you strike dangerous cells without hitting healthy ones ...

A graphic of a purple and magenta Cas9 protein, which is a somewhat round, but uneven, ball, bound to a yellow and orange ...

Scientists show DNA polymerases can build long, patterned DNA without a template, opening new paths for synthetic biology and ...

Scientists have created a programmable drug system that can zero in on cancer cells with unprecedented accuracy. Built from ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have measured the precise force required to open Piezo1, a protein that ...

Scientists have found a new function of the nuclear membrane, the envelope that encases and protects DNA in the nucleus of a cell - it fixes potentially fatal breaks in DNA strands. Previously, the ...

Forward-looking: A working DNA-based hard disk drive still seems like a fairly futuristic concept, but that might not be the case for much longer. A research team at the University of Missouri has ...

Robot adoption is advancing rapidly, driven by declining costs, rising demand, and the integration of artificial intelligence ...

Over 200 species of flora and fauna go extinct daily. Some of these species go extinct before they are discovered. Others disappear because they are too elusive, leaving researchers at a loss for the ...