25 February 2019
Scientists create DNA-like molecule to aid search for alien life
...double helix structure that is essential for life on this planet could be bigger with more crammed in. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is a chemical made up of two long molecules, arranged in a spiral and it carries all the instructions that...
06 March 2020
Life in the Universe could be common, but not near us says study
...be a more essential molecule for studies on the emergence of life than its more famous double-stranded cousin, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. This is because RNA can function as both a gene and an enzyme, so not only does it carry genetic information...
09 December 2019
Metal-loving microbe prefers eating meteorites than earth rocks
... fed its rich diet of extraterrestrial metal. Metallosphaera sedula or M. sedula, contains a single, circular chromosome (a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule) and it is roughly one micron in diameter with hair-like structures protruding from its...
