A giant DNA virus pulled from a Japanese freshwater pond is forcing scientists to rethink how complex cells first acquired their defining feature: the nucleus. Named ushikuvirus, the newly ...

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JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, ...

A protein tied to ALS and dementia may have a much bigger role in disease than scientists realized. Researchers found that ...

For decades, large portions of the human genome were labeled "junk DNA." New research from Western University and London ...

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...