In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...

The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology ...

This research topic focuses on the exploration and analysis of alternative nucleic acid structures within microbial systems, ...

For the Liu Lab, necessity is truly the mother of invention. The researchers were examining how the 3D organization of the ...

Instead, it may have started with tiny “micro lightning” sparks generated between water droplets from crashing waves or waterfalls. This fascinating new perspective comes from Stanford University ...

Assembling DNA nanostructures at more moderate temperatures opens up the possibility of using the structures in biomedical ...

Researchers at the RNA Institute at the University at Albany are pioneering new methods for designing and assembling DNA ...

Life on Earth may not have begun with a big lightning strike in the ocean, as scientists once thought. Instead, tiny electric sparks from crashing waves and waterfalls—called “microlightning”—might ...

Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a ...

Researchers have identified an ancient RNA-guided system that can target DNA, potentially expanding the genome-editing toolbox.