Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

Atomic nuclei exhibit multiple energy scales simultaneously—ranging from hundreds down to fractions of a megaelectronvolt. A new study demonstrates that these drastically different scales can be ...

This study is the first to demonstrate that certain tRNA introns influence gene expression. Scientists have discovered that ...

In frame translation initiation sites within coding sequences drive the expression of N-terminally truncated proteoforms.

Torsional stress in chromatin plays a fundamental role in cellular functions, influencing key processes such as transcription, replication, and chromatin organization. Transcription and other ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

As indivisible units of life, the cells of all organisms consist of four fundamental macromolecular components: nucleic acids (including ... To do this, the basic composition of all cells must ...

This study explores the crystallization and self-assembly behavior of spherulites formed from blends of (S)-mandelic acid (MA) and (R)-MA ... at 25–35 °C and well-defined ring-banded structures at ...

The Jets are changing their organizational reporting structure with the hires of Aaron Glenn as coach and Darren Mougey as general manager. Both men will report to owner Woody Johnson. Mougey will ...

Despite this modification, vestigial structures can provide evidence of an organism's relatedness to a common ancestor. Related organisms typically exhibit similarities in basic structures, regardless ...

The findings were published on January 7 in the journal Nucleic Acids Research in a paper titled ... altering the three-dimensional structure of the SRF protein. This interaction facilitates ...