Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. This microbe possesses a stripped-down genome, ...

Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...

New York-based Nanotronics builds compact, modular semiconductor plants called "Cubefabs."Its goal is to improve chip-making ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But a critical aspect ...

Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., Assistant Investigator at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, has been named a 2025 Freeman ...

A microbe found in deep-sea mud is rewriting what it means to be alive. S. mirabile defies categories—neither virus nor cell, ...

Antonis Rokas, a fungal biologist at Vanderbilt University who was not affiliated with the study, calls the work a tour de ...

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...