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 ...

The reaction generates amino acids and nucleic acids, the building blocks of proteins and DNA. Four billion years ago, the Earth looked very different than it does today, devoid of life and ...

For the first time, scientists have developed artificial nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA ... developed so-called threofuranosyl nucleic acid (TNA) with a new, additional base pair.

The question of how life could have emerged is one of the most long-standing mysteries in science. In a new study, the ...

it is thought that amino acids may play a key role in the origin of life on Earth alongside the other important building blocks of life such as carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids, alongside ...

Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...

They showed that DNA transfers genetic information and that the sugars ribose and deoxyribose are the key building blocks of the nucleic acids RNA and DNA. Furthermore, Rockefeller University ...

Four billion years ago, the Earth looked very different than it does today, devoid of life and covered by a vast ocean. Over the course of millions of years, in that primordial soup, life emerged.

as well as the five nucleic acid bases that make up DNA and RNA. These molecules, although not alive, indicate that the ...

Scientists have taken a big step towards figuring out where building blocks of life such as amino acids and amines form in space. New research has found that interstellar clouds may have played a ...