The revelation of DNA’s chemical structure made it possible to understand how it might replicate and direct the growth of ...

James D. Watson, whose role as co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 made him one of the key figures in the rise of molecular biology as well as the obvious choice to be first ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

Most microscopes can only illuminate objects down to a certain size before tiny features blur together. This blurring is ...

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. AlphaFold 3 uses the same method as AI image generators to predict how different molecules fit together.

James Dewey Watson, a molecular biologist whose work helped decode the structure of DNA, died on November 6, 2025, at a hospice in East Northport, N.Y. He was 97 years old. Watson was best known for ...

Newly developed DNA nanostructures can form flexible, fluid, and stimuli-responsive condensates without relying on chemical cross-linking, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...