Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

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If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

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Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously overlooked early signaling mechanism—according to a new study published in Nature ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...