A research group led by Prof. Li Xiangyang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

A new collagen fingerprinting tool can help scientists identify species from archaeological bone fragments. Pacific islanders ...

To study the inner workings of an atom's nucleus, scientists have traditionally relied on sophisticated particle colliders to ...

Molecular biologist James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure, has died at 97. His groundbreaking 1953 ...

A new molecule developed by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University offers a promising avenue to treat intractable ...

Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

Scholar mentored by late Nobel Prize winner hails ability in China to translate knowledge into ‘practical application and ...

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint for life.

It began as a quiet laboratory experiment — and ended by rewriting history. The discovery of an explosive element so powerful ...

A team of researchers has discovered a new way to make valuable industrial chemicals from propylene using a common, low-cost ...

James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should ...