New experiments suggest RNA, life’s essential molecule, could have formed naturally on early Earth and even arrived from ...

Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

Researchers found that sunburn disables a natural skin defense, allowing inflammation to trigger dangerous changes in cells. Understanding this process could help stop skin cancer before it starts.

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every ...

Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

Rapid advances in sequencing technologies have transformed our ability to diagnose human genetic disorders, yet many patients still lack a molecular ...

Sean Ryder, professor at UMass Chan Medical School, has written a book to delve the mysteries of ribonucleic acid as a tool to fight diseases. Messenger ribonucleic acid, or mRNA, is in the public ...

Pluribus episode 9 has brought down the curtain on the Apple TV show's first season – and we're here to answer your biggest ...

Warning: Spoilers follow for Season 1 of Pluribus, Carol.

High-resolution structures explain the mechanism of human PNPase and provide insights into mutations causing hereditary hearing loss and neurological disease. Researchers at the Department of Cell and ...