In a surprising discovery, MIT scientists found tiny loops in the genomes of dividing cells. Enabled by a high-resolution ...
We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...
Polyethyleneimines (PEIs) are extensively researched as non-viral vectors for gene and medication delivery because of their ...
Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the ...
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have published an analysis that reveals new functions of the ...
Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...
Scientists have decoded the 3D structure of an ancient viral protein hidden in our DNA. The HERV-K Env protein, found on cancer and autoimmune cells, has a unique shape that could unlock new ...