Garden spider with cross on back on web

Telomerase (blue) is an enzyme that adds telomeres, repeat units of six DNA bases, to the ends of chromosomes. It uses an RNA template (red backbone) to assemble repeated units of the DNA bases TTAGGG, where T is thymine (yellow), A is...

++EMBARGOED 18.00 GMT MONDAY 16 APRIL++ WORLD PLASTIC EATING ENZYME SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 5.26 SHOTLIST: 1....

LEADIN: Chemical experts say the nerve agent used to attack a former Russian spy and his daughter behaves differently to those previously used and is in a class of substances deadlier than similar chemicals like sarin or...

Stockholm, Sweden - 5 October 2009 1. Mid of exterior of the Nobel Forum building in Stockholm, with fountain 2. Close-up of Nobel Forum inscription on building exterior 3. Wide of Nobel Committee walking into conference room before...

Washington, DC (August 24, 2003) 1. Various, opening and pouring a glass of red wine Unidentified Location (File) 2. Various, scientist in lab Bethesda, Maryland (August 24, 2003) 3. David Finkelstein, Ph.D., Metabolic Regulation...

LEADIN: Chemical experts say the nerve agent used to attack a former Russian spy and his daughter behaves differently to those previously used and is in a class of substances deadlier than similar chemicals like sarin or...

London, UK, April 16, 2012 1. Various of tea shop owner Timothy d''Offay and assistant prising open tea chest 2. Close zoom out of wooden plaque with teapot sign to reveal canisters of tea 3. Mid low view of canisters 4. Close of...

New York, US, July 17, 2013 1. Various of beauty therapist Shizuka Bernstein applying bird droppings facial 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Shizuka Bernstein, proprietor, Shizuka New York "The main ingredient, the bird droppings, have a natural...

Malaysia's health minister on Sunday said all evidence suggested that the half-brother of North Korea's leader died very quickly after being poisoned.The discovery of the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam's face and...

Malaysia's health minister on Sunday said all evidence suggested that the half-brother of North Korea's leader died very quickly after being poisoned.The discovery of the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam's face and...

LEADIN Electric scooters that can be booked with a smartphone app are the latest way to get around Berlin. Around 1800 scooters are available in the German capital and available for anyone with a drivers...

LEADIN Electric scooters that can be booked with a smartphone app are the latest way to get around Berlin. Around 1800 scooters are available in the German capital and available for anyone with a drivers...

LEADIN Electric scooters that can be booked with a smartphone app are the latest way to get around Berlin. Around 1800 scooters are available in the German capital and available for anyone with a drivers...

Specialists at a burns unit have been praised for pioneering a treatment using pineapple plants. Medics at St John’s Hospital in Livingston, West Lothian, are using a new drug called NexoBrid to help patients in what is a first for...

Johannesburg - 10 April 2009 1. Wide of election poster on building of ANC (African National Congress) presidential candidate and party leader, Jacob Zuma, reading (English): "Vote ANC" 2. Close of election poster showing Zuma Soweto -...

In an apparent change of heart, Iran said on Tuesday it now welcomes foreign aid for victims of the deadly twin earthquakes that hit the country's northwest last weekend. The 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude quakes on Saturday killed 306 people and...

Dec.14 -- Plastic is one of Earth’s biggest problems. Its discovery transformed everyday life, but its failure to degrade is choking the planet. Recent discoveries, however, have given scientists hope that enzymes from bacteria might...