Scientists are calling for a halt to the creation of “mirror bacteria,” synthetic microorganisms built from the reversed ...

Or to put it another way, whereas most of us might look at a glass on a shelf in a lab and see just some murky, green water, Ima can look at that same beaker and see something extraordinary—the ...

With everything we now know about space, the universe, and how life managed to find a way on our lonely little planet, there ...

Proteins are the building blocks of life. Every enzyme and hormone in the body is a protein. They’re responsible for everything from digestion and neurological function to growth, repair ...

What building blocks of mental health and social well-being can we cultivate to help us In this turbulent time of political, ...

When they rain down on a planet's surface, they import the possible building blocks of life, not necessarily life itself. Scientists think that along the way, there must have been a crucial step ...

Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too ...

Nearly all living organisms use the same genetic code, a complicated mechanism by which genetic information is translated into proteins, the building blocks of life. A new study suggests conventional ...

Furthermore, the study of nucleobase sequences across different species can provide valuable insights into evolutionary relationships and the history of life on Earth. Comparative genomics, which ...

Researchers have found more than 20 different amino acids, the building blocks of life, in soil samples Japan’s Hayabusa 2 space probe brought back from the asteroid Ryugu, according to sources.