DNA methylation is the covalent addition of methyl groups to DNA bases, typically the cytosine of CpG dinucleotides. It is catalyzed by methyltransferase enzymes using a S-adenosyl methionine ...

An international team of researchers has made a breakthrough that could make wheat more resistant to the changing climate and plant diseases, which would reduce threats to the global food supply. The ...

In 1938, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann was synthesizing the active compounds in ergot, a toxic fungus that commonly grows on grains, in an attempt to create a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.

Two men who went out fishing from the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles Monday night remain missing Tuesday after their boat was discovered crashed on the Palos Verdes coastline in the early ...