In the fast-evolving field of medical science, a new artificial intelligence model may be about to change the way mRNA-based ...

How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...

A pizza shop with 30 delivery people ought to be able to deliver a lot of pizzas—if their cars don't break down on the way.

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...

A pizza shop with 30 delivery people ought to be able to deliver a lot of pizzas - if their cars don't break down on the way.

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 ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double helix—Crick laid out what he called the “central dogma” of molecular ...

DURING THE covid-19 pandemic new vaccines were rolled out with unprecedented speed. The fastest to arrive were jabs built from molecules of messenger RNA (mRNA) designed to teach the body how to fight ...

A recent study published in the journal Aging sheds light on how aging interferes with the brain’s ability to produce key ...

This study illustrates a valuable application of BID-seq to bacterial RNA, allowing transcriptome-wide mapping of pseudouridine modifications across various bacterial species. The evidence presented ...

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive ...