New research suggests DNA may not need activation, challenging a long-held idea about how life began and reshaping ...

That’s why they turn to simulations, like this one, which tracks how a bacterial cell divides into two. The simulation tries ...

Tiny organisms on the ground – bacteria and fungi – have a “superpower” that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study. To understand how a ...

The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

Scientists show DNA polymerases can build long, patterned DNA without a template called "doodling," opening new paths for ...

A preprint study analyzing genetic material recovered from the Shroud of Turin suggests that some human mitochondrial DNA ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified an epigenetic target for replication stress, ...

A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

A mitochondrial enzyme, Ak4, strengthens immune defense by promoting mitochondrial DNA synthesis and enhancing macrophage ...

NAD levels naturally decline with age, so NMN supplementation has been marketed as a way to restore NAD levels, sometimes with anti-aging claims, Jafari said. But raising NAD+ in blood (a biomarker) ...