Scientists have created an artificial RNA system that can copy itself using simple building blocks and temperature changes.

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

A new UFO documentary charting the reasons for the rise of alien activity is released for UFO Day on July 2 – and reveals a ...

A function-reconfigurable double-helix printed antenna, inspired by DNA structures, is proposed. The antenna, consisting of two metal strips printed on a substrate, was designed, optimized, and ...

Among the key goals of structural DNA nanotechnology are to build highly ordered structures self-assembled from individual DNA motifs in 1D, 2D, and finally 3D. All three of these goals have been ...

Many DNA-based technologies involve the immobilization of DNA and therefore require a fundamental understanding of the DNA structure–function relationship at interfaces. We present three ...

Saturday Night Live ‘s in-house sketch troupe is bringing their stage show to YouTube, with a just-released teaser trailer (above) revealing a guest appearance by none other than Conan O’Brien. Please ...

Sketches are probabilistic data structures designed for recording frequencies of items in a multi-set. They are widely used in various fields, especially for gathering Internet statistics from ...