Life emerged on Earth some 3.8 billion years ago. The "primordial soup theory" proposes that chemicals floating in pools of water, in the presence of sunlight and electrical discharge, spontaneously ...

Large soda lakes may have provided the high phosphorus levels needed for life to begin on Earth, offering a new explanation ...

For transcription, a solution containing 2 μM of the double-stranded DNA, 6.25 mM rNTP, 80 mM HEPES-KOH pH 7.5, 24 mM MgCl 2, 2 mM spermidine, 40 mM DTT, 20 μg/mL pyrophosphatase (Roche) and a ...

Traditionally, researchers have relied on manipulating the “writers,” “erasers,” and “readers” of RNA modifications─i.e., protein cofactors─to alter and study these marks. Those enzyme-centric ...

The researchers tested the RNA origami in a lipid vesicle, a simple cell model system widely used in biology. Using so-called RNA aptamers, the artificial cytoskeleton was bound to the cell membranes.

Lately, one particularly adrenaline-inducing travel tip has made major waves on social media: Enter the “airport theory,” which posits that you need only arrive at the airport by 15 or 20 ...