Tag: RNA
Inside the Machine Room of the Nucleus
The nucleus is a beehive of activity, where information is not just stored but processed, protected, transcribed, and duplicated by highly complex machines.
As Research Advances, Debunking “Junk DNA” Is Almost Trendy
Why not treat the whole genome as functional? This is a radical concept, but perhaps the focus on genes distorts our understanding.
Encryption System Found in Genes
A clever method of RNA editing may explain the role of introns embedded in genes, and points to even higher levels of programming.
Seeing the Nucleus in 4-D
Caltech scientists watch a spectacle of “ten thousand bursting genes” as the “cartography of the nucleus” comes into focus.
Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines
René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.”