Despite being made from a relatively simple set of building blocks, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has a broad array of complex ...

New study reveals how aminoacyl-thiols may have kickstarted protein synthesis, shedding light on life's origins.

National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers have devised a method to safely and temporarily "switch off" and then "turn on" ribonucleic acid (RNA) inside cells. This is achieved using ...

A new study brings scientists closer to uncovering how life began on Earth.

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals ...

The thylacine, more commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, was declared extinct over eight decades ago. However, recent ...

As climate change and human activity threaten freshwater ecosystems like lakes and rivers, it's more important than ever to know how the species who inhabit them are being impacted. But traditional ...

New findings show how thioesters could have been built, an important step to providing the energy needed for protein ...

Researchers have made a significant advance in understanding how genes are controlled in living organisms. The new study focuses on critical snippets of RNA in the tiny, transparent roundworm ...