Using a novel method, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers map 16 types of simultaneous changes in dozens of samples; ...

Sean Ryder, professor at UMass Chan Medical School, has written a book to delve the mysteries of ribonucleic acid as a tool to fight diseases. Messenger ribonucleic acid, or mRNA, is in the public ...

In a Nutshell Male mice exposed to microplastics before conception produced female offspring with insulin resistance on a high-fat diet, while male offspring remained largely unaffected Microplastic ...

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Discover how a tiny RNA molecule serves as a molecular switch in viral infections, providing insights into phage biology.

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists ...

RNA is usually portrayed as a molecule that works deep inside the cell, helping to turn genetic information into proteins.

Research revealed how bacteriophages use a tiny piece of genetic material to hijack bacterial cells and make more copies of themselves.

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are ...

A research group at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) has identified a candidate ...