The building blocks of DNA have been found in samples returned to Earth from an asteroid, suggesting life rained down from ...

Researchers have uncovered a way to manipulate DNA at the atomic level using electric field gradients to control nitrogen nuclear spins. Their findings suggest that DNA could be used as both a storage ...

The study titled “Consanguine Marriage leads to Hierarchical Imbalance of ABO and STR Frequency and affects the Genetic ...

There has been some incredible research into the role this DNA plays in modern human neurodevelopment, so here's an overview ...

Symptoms of Huntington's disease appear late in life. Research reveals how DNA repeats grow toxic over time, explaining the ...

In a recent study published in the journal Intelligent Computing, researchers from Peking University showed how nuclear electric resonance can be used to manipulate DNA artificially for computational ...

When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. This backs up an old hypothesis that the building blocks of ...

NASA researchers have discovered organic compounds and minerals essential for life in samples collected from the near-Earth ...

The research shows that as long as essential genes remain intact, our genomes can tolerate significant structural changes, ...

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...