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

Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in ...

Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.

The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a ...

In both physics and chemistry, the mesoscopic scale refers to the length scale on which the properties of a material or phenomenon can be studied, without entering into a discussion about the behavior ...

As illustrated with OnScreen Gene Transcription in our May 1 column, OnScreen Science now has a few very nice iPad apps to teach students about DNA and RNA. The OnScreen DNA Model app was the original ...

His collaboration with biophysicist Francis Crick on the molecular key to all living organisms would make him one of the most ...

James D Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure and Nobel laureate, has died at 97. His groundbreaking work with Francis Crick transformed modern genetics and biotechnology.

James Watson, who shared the Nobel prize for his work on DNA’s molecular structure, has died at the age of 97.