DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Nucleic acids are named for where they're found—inside the nuclei of cells—and for the acidic phosphate groups discovered in solution wherever DNA is present.

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

F. Hoffmann-La Roche has patented a system for identifying nucleic acid bases using nanopores in a lipid bilayer. The system includes a sensing circuit, electrical circuit, and processor to record and ...

The first-ever private mission Venus aims to search for signs of life in its clouds by detecting organic chemistry. It is slated to launch in 2025.

In their recent breakthrough published in Chemical Communications, the team explored alternating co-polymerization of glycol nucleic acid (GNA) monomers with substituted and unsubstituted dicarboxylic ...

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 ...