A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This ...

Cornell researchers have captured an unprecedented, real-time view of how a promising catalyst material transforms during ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.