DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

Forget the dramatic lightning strike – life may have started with countless tiny sparks from crashing water droplets!

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Tiny ‘microlightning’ flashes inside water droplets may have sparked life on Earth - Study says tiny electric discharges ...

Structural biology is the study of the molecular structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules, particularly proteins and nucleic acids, and how alterations in their structures affect their ...

Cell biology is the discipline of biological sciences that studies the structure, physiology, growth, reproduction and death of cells. Research in cell biology uses microscopic and molecular tools ...

The class II clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–Cas systems, characterized by a single effector protein, can be further subdivided into types II, V, and VI. The ...

DNA was extracted from either the powdered cochlear portion of the petrous bone (n=203) or from teeth (n=1). Libraries were partially treated with uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) and screened for ancient ...

Mar. 4, 2025 — A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response ...

The Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Karolinska Institutet is a nationally leading academic research center of high international standard where science comes first and foremost. CMB ...

Gain the core competencies and skills needed to become a professional biologist. This flexible BSc lets you combine a broad base of biological scientific knowledge with a chosen specialism, so you can ...