Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

From insignificant individual cells to a rich community full of cooperation. That is how our understanding of the world of ...

A new study finds that people whose gut microbiomes produce a lot of methane are able to unlock extra energy from a ...

Asking ‘what is life?’ is a good way to start arguments in science. As a recent informal poll suggests, no two individuals ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers.

Minerals found around the lake are similar to those found on the moon. The lake’s pink waters have led to various myths about ...

Archaea are organisms consisting of a single cell without a nucleus and with distinct structural, physiological and evolutionary characteristics. They inhabit a wide range of habitats, including ...

Nucleosomes are barriers to RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) transcribing along gene bodies in eukaryotes. We found that a fragile “tailless nucleosome” could be generated to resolve the Pol II pausing ...

Archaeal biology is a scientific discipline that concerns the biology of archaea, a domain of organisms consisting of single, nucleus-free cells, distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes. Multiscale ...