Pope Emeritus Benedict stepped down from the papacy, making him the first one to take such a step in six centuries. This ...

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It seeks to explain biological function in terms of molecular structure, dynamics and organization, from single molecules to supramolecular structures.

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Scientists have made enormous advances in understanding the structures of proteins over the past several decades. Imaging ...

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Molecular Biology is the field of biology that studies the composition, structure and interactions of cellular molecules such as nucleic acids and proteins that carry out the biological ...

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