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New research reveals that there was contact with Indigenous Americans before European arrival. Rapa Nui, also known as Te ...

Asimov, the synthetic biology company advancing the design and production of therapeutics, today announced the launch of the ...

The team of Professor Christof Niehrs at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, has discovered that a ...

The failure to diagnose Alzheimer's disease—the most common form of dementia in the elderly—at an early stage of molecular ...

Small World in Motion invites entries captured through a microscope, revealing mind-boggling processes invisible to the naked ...

Scripps Research scientists have created a method using four-nucleotide codons to incorporate non-canonical amino acids into ...

Island) with its gigantic statues and treeless landscape has fascinated researchers for centuries. A new genetic study disproves the popular theory that the Rapanui population collapsed as a result of ...

Pulses such as chickpeas, mung beans and lentils are staples of Pakistani cuisine. While many countries are reliant on ...

Proteins are composed of combinations of 20 different amino acids, arranged into diverse sequences like words. But researchers trying to engineer biologic molecules with new functions have long felt ...

Oct. 3: Departmental Seminar with Dr. Sandra L. McLellan and Dr. Lynde B. Uihlein Oct. 10: Departmental Seminar with Dr. Sudeep Sarkar Oct. 17: Departmental Seminar ...