Collagen, the most abundant protein in mammals, owes its remarkable strength and resilience to a unique triple helical structure. This conformation is formed by three intertwined polypeptide chains ...

American geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. Born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago, IL, USA, he died aged 97 years in East Northport on Long Island, NY, ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break-when both sides of the DNA helix are cut at once.

A novel magnetic material with an extraordinary electronic structure might allow for the production of smaller and more efficient computer chips in the future: the p-wave magnet. Researchers from ...

The eternal molecule / Carina Dennis & Philip Campbell -- A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid / J.D. Watson & F.H.C. Crick -- Molecular structure of deoxypentose nucleic acids / M.H.F. Wilkins, A ...

A new magnetic material called a p-wave magnet uses helical electron spin patterns that deflect electric current, enabling ...

Some of the most transformative breakthroughs in science history arrived wrapped in obscurity. Dr. Rosalind Franklin captured Photo 51—the X-ray crystallography image that revealed DNA’s double ...

By the time James Watson died earlier this month at the age of 97, he was one of the world’s most famous — and infamous — scientists. In 1953, he and three fellow researchers co-discovered the ...