as well as the chemical and physical structure of macromolecules. Molecular biologists focus on studying nucleic acids, proteins and the molecular basis of genetic processes. Understanding the ...

New hollow dodecahedral shell demonstrates remarkable stability and potential for functionalization and encapsulating ...

What have we learned about RNA structure and function so far? Although RNA is a single-stranded molecule, researchers soon discovered that it can form double-stranded structures, which are ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Three-Dimensional Structure of a Protein Molecule ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 205 No. 6 (December 1961), p. 96 doi:10.1038 ...