DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Co-polymerization of glycol nucleic acid monomers with dicarboxylic acids in simulated early Earth drying environments readily gives rise to plausible prebiotic xeno nucleic acid co-polymers ...

Metal-mediated base pairing in nucleic acids represents a transformative approach wherein traditional Watson–Crick hydrogen bonds are replaced or supplemented by coordinate bonds with metal ions.

Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/ What is DNA, and how does it work? You don't need a degree in genetics to understand. Here, we'll give an overview of DNA and answer questions ...

Nucleic acids are made of biopolymers, which are naturally-occurring, repeated sets of monomers (making polymers) that then create nucleotides, which form nucleic acids.

Nucleic acids are complex biological molecules that store and transmit genetic information in all living organisms. They are essential for the survival and reproduction of life on Earth. The two main ...

Nucleic acids are made from just five different monomers, known as nucleotides; proteins are typically made from 20 different varieties of amino acid.

Simple reaction makes the building blocks of a nucleic acid "Cyanide to the RNA base cytosine" becomes a new clue for origin of life researchers.

Whereas qPCR quantifies nucleic acids by comparing the number of amplification cycles and amount of PCR end-product to those of a reference sample, ddPCR enables researchers to directly quantify ...