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?

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the building blocks of life.

When they examined the bulb’s contents, they found organic molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds. These included the amino acid glycine and uracil, a nucleotide base in RNA. “We discovered no ...

When they examined the bulb’s contents, they found organic molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds. These included the amino acid glycine and uracil, a nucleotide base in RNA. “We discovered no new ...

Imagine creating a comprehensive, searchable index for a library containing hundreds of millions of books—a task that would ...

characteristic of the cyclic nitrogenous bases present in the nucleic acids. In contrast, the homologous mature tissues exhibit a different absorption similar to that of the proteins.

The safety base is new to college baseball this season / Screengrab / @WVUBaseball on X (formerly Twitter) With a new season often comes new rules and regulations. For college baseball ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

Studying biomimetic hydrogen-bonded (H-bonded) base pairing of nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) in aqueous solutions using artificial recognition systems can enhance our understanding of the principles ...