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We know that DNA makes people and plants and puppies. So why not robots? Could it be possible to make tiny robots out of DNA? In 2006 Paul Rothemund found a way to make all sorts of tiny shapes ...

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During DNA replication, both strands of the double helix act as templates for the formation of new DNA molecules. Copying occurs at a localized region called the replication fork, which is a Y shaped ...

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To live on Earth is to live as part of a network: a giant web where almost every creature depends on others for survival. These networks are so complex that it's difficult to predict how resilie...

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Using computer animation based on molecular research, we are now able to see how DNA is actually copied in living cells. You are looking at an assembly line of amazing miniature biochemical machin...

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This is a map of someone’s brain, showing roughly which areas respond when they hear different words. For example, there’s a small area in the middle frontal gyrus that reliably responds to hearin...

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The first method of sequencing the genetic code was devised by Fred Sanger. To sequence the DNA, it must first be separated into 2 strands. The strand to be sequenced is copied using chemically altere...

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Shotgun sequencing is the method that was used by the private genome project. Shotgun sequencing requires multiple copies of the genome, which are effectively blown up into millions of small fragments...

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Tornadoes occur in every continent, except Antarctica but more form over the central United States than anywhere else in a zone called Tornado Alley. That's because conditions in the Alley are ...