Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Double helix model of DNA

Quantum mechanics might explain why DNA mutates spontaneously

The team, part of Surrey’s research programme in the exciting new field of quantum biology, have shown that this modification in the bonds between the DNA strands is far more prevalent than has ...

A researcher at the National University of Singapore (NUS) demonstrates the self-healing abilities of an artificial, transparent skin by cutting into it with a retractable knife at a lab in NUS, Singapore, 27 July 2020

Researchers develop artificial cells which can mimic living cells’ abilities

A fundamental function of living cells is their ability to harvest energy from the environment to pump molecules in and out of their systems

Bacteria

Bacteria could learn to predict future, study says

Bacteria do not have brains, but we find that this kind of information processing can be achieved with a circuit that is not only simple but similar to the circuits that bacteria are already known to ...