Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the effects aren't just skin deep. Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn ...

Researchers at Georgia State University used the Summit supercomputer to study an elaborate molecular pathway called ...

"We're interested in the way cells repair their genetic material," said lead investigator Ivaylo Ivanov, a chemistry professor at Georgia State ... or TFIIH (pronounced T-F-2-H), moves into position.

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled an online tool that allows users to search for chemical contaminants in their food ...

Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...

This important study provides solid evidence that glucosylceramide synthase (GlcT), a rate-limiting enzyme for glycosphingolipid (GSL) production, plays a role in the differentiation of intestinal ...

A pilot and two children survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were ...

As crews treated the injured drivers, firefighters and members of the Snohomish County hazmat team worked to contain and stop the leaking chemical from the box truck. Both directions of Highway 2 ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...