Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During ...

Researchers led by Université de Montréal pathology and cell-biology professor Marc Therrien have identified major structural ...

ChemAxon announces the addition of major new functionality in its chemicalize.org web based service. The new features help users understand better the chemical structure with more predicted ...

The name was chosen because the geodesic domes of Buckminster Fuller provided a clue that the molecule’s atoms might be arranged in the form of a hollow cage. The structure, a truncated icosahedron ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, made small tweaks to the DNA structure of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to see if it could be turned into an effective brain-healing ...

Levene Investigates the Structure of DNA Meanwhile, even as Miescher's name fell into obscurity by the twentieth century, other scientists continued to investigate the chemical nature of the ...

The molecule’s official name is buckminsterfullerene ... The story behind the discovery of the buckyball is as bizarre as its structure. It’s a story of an inspired guess that seemed to ...

But James Watson and Francis Crick's claim was a valid one, for they had in fact discovered the structure of DNA, the chemical that encodes instructions for building and replicating almost all ...