Molecular motors produce the force that powers the beat of sperm cell tails to generate movement toward the egg cell for fertilization. New research…

New Danish research provides mechanistic insight into how DNA is monitored and repaired if damage occurs. The results may eventually help to improve…

Our genomes are promiscuously transcribed into RNA. How cells manage to sort this massive genomic output into functional and non-functional material…

Humans and zebrafish have more in common than you would think. Therefore, zebrafish are used more and more, for example, to study the function of…

Poul Nissen, Professor at Aarhus University, is receiving the 2017 Novo Nordisk Prize for his pioneering studies of the structure and function of ion…

The best properties from three well-known grasses will be united in new grass varieties. With significantly enhanced performance and high robustness,…

Genes from a plant that lures insect pests to their deaths can be used to breed resistant crops.

GIANT study finds rare, influential genetic changes related to height. Research findings in this area may help to develop new types of drugs.

By studying a large protein (the C1 protein) with X-rays and electron microscopy, researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark have established a new…

A comprehensive knowledge of the synthesis of organisms and the utilisation of the compound PRPP may be useful in efforts to develop methods for…