Nobel prizewinning biochemist who succeeded against the odds in mapping the ribosome ...

Combining ribosome profiling, cryo-electron tomography and photocrosslinking, researchers have revealed how the ER membrane ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry predictions mark the third time we have covered this category. First, let's look back at the fields awarded up until last year. 2007: Studies of chemical processes on ...

In a landmark experiment that blurs the line between the machinery of protein synthesis and the message it decodes, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered bacterial ...

Follow Venkatraman Ramakrishnan’s path from failed exams and risky career shifts to a Nobel Prize for ribosome research.

Basic techniques for observing the microscopic structure of the human body —Histology is the study of understanding the human ...

Scientists have often thought of cells as small, bustling cities with parts that resemble factories, power grids and shipping ...

Ada Yonath, the renowned Israeli crystallographer who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Israel Prize, died Monday at the age of 87. Yonath’s death was announced by the Weizmann Institute, ...

Every human cell has millions of ribosomes that make proteins. For decades, biologists thought of ribosomes as tiny, uniform machines. But now a Stanford Medicine team is showing that ribosomes are ...

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA), made from many copies of ribosomal DNA (rDNA), is the core component that powers ribosomes—protein-building machines in our body. It helps build proteins by linking amino acids ...