James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

James Watson pioneered molecular biology through his co-discovery of DNA’s double helix structure, but his prejudiced views turned him into an outcast.

In 1953, 25-year-old researcher James Watson from the University of Cambridge in the UK visited Maurice Wilkins, a researcher at King’s College. Watson, holding a preprint of a paper claiming that a ...

The Nobel Prize winner felt ostracised by the scientific community over his comments on race and intelligence.

The DNA molecule is located in the cell nucleus as a densely packed complex of DNA and protein, known as chromatin. Wrapped in sections around a core of special proteins known as histones, the DNA ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint ...

In our bodies, there are trillions of cells. From white blood cells to skin cells, each type has its own specific function which helps us perform tasks and survive. But what makes up these cells and ...

In September, David Baltimore — the scientist who discovered reverse transcriptase, a breakthrough often described as one of ...

In a quiet lab at Utrecht University, researchers have built a tool that lets you watch one of life’s most serious crises ...