When a cell makes copies of DNA and translates its genetic code into proteins at the same time, the molecular machinery that carries on replication […]

Judith Kimble, a Vilas Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is working as a member of the […]

An exhaustive look at how bacteria hold their ground and avoid getting pushed around by their environment shows how dozens of genes aid the essential […]

Quantitative genetics researchers from around the globe are set to gather in Madison, Wisconsin June 12-17 for the 5th International Conference on Quantitative Genetics (ICQG5). […]

Although so tiny they are invisible, it’s easy to see that nanomaterials are becoming a big thing. There are odor-fighting socks and antibacterial dishrags impregnated […]

Epicentre, a Madison firm that prospered by licensing a biological discovery from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, continues to grow here five years after being sold […]

On Friday, May 13, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will host an event on microbiomes – communities of microorganisms that live […]

Life is flexible. All living cells are basically squishy balloons full of water, proteins and DNA, surrounded by oily membranes. Those membranes stand up to […]

A fruit called the noni — now hyped for a vast array of unproven health benefits — is distinctly unhealthy for the fruit fly, which […]

It’s hard to believe now, but when the Food Research Institute (FRI) was established in 1946—two years prior to the founding of the World Health […]