Unraveling the secrets of telomerase, an enzyme linked to aging and cancer

A central question in molecular biology is how cells protect their chromosomes from damage during repeated cell division. At ...

One step closer to deciphering TOR, the molecular machinery that makes humans and yeast grow

The name might sound like a Nordic god, but it is actually the molecular machinery that allows many different species to eat ...

My unsung hero of science: Buckminster Fuller, the architect who wanted to redesign the world (and inspired a nanosized one)

Yet this did not lessen his ambition to redesign the world. Fuller could be eccentric and sometimes controversial. His early ...