Improving fruit quality without compromising plant growth remains a major challenge in crop improvement. This study reveals that enhancing the activity of a conserved “housekeeping” gene can ...

Inside every cell, thousands of molecular signals collide, overlap, and compensate, obscuring the true drivers of gene expression. Scientists have now developed a way to silence that cellular noise, ...

Genes are segments of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that are located inside every human cell. The DNA inside each cell is tightly coiled in structures called chromosomes. Each chromosome contains a ...

That’s the conclusion of a new study in Nature, which pitted synthetic bacterial cells against the force of evolution. Stripped down to a skeletal genetic blueprint, the artificial cells started with ...

As a neuroscientist-turned-science communicator, Poorti Kathpalia hoped to make science engaging and fun for young children. She realized that science-themed games could be an interactive and ...