Biochemistry
Decoding Life’s Origins With Lost Biochemical Clues
Science
Metabolism is the “beating heart of the cell”. New research from ELSI retraces the history of metabolism from the primordial Earth to ...
Unlocking the Secrets of Life With RNA’s Ancient Code
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New findings from the Salk Institute provide strong evidence for the RNA World hypothesis, revealing an RNA enzyme that accurately replicates and ...
The Missing Link in the Origin of Life?
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Sebastian Haas holds a piece of the salt crust from Last Chance Lake with green algae in the middle and black sediment ...
Unraveling the Origins of Life – Scientists Discover “Key Organic Molecules” in Ancient Vents
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Researchers at Newcastle University have made significant progress in understanding life’s origins on Earth by simulating ancient hydrothermal vent conditions. This led ...
The Amyloid Hypothesis: Rewriting Life’s Origin Story
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New research explores how amyloids, capable of forming under early Earth conditions and binding with RNA and DNA, may have played a ...
Scientists Shed New Light on the “Dark Matter” of Cellular Biology
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Researchers have created a novel fluorogenic probe to illuminate the interactions between sugars and proteins, crucial for understanding various biological processes and ...
A Motor That’s 1/10,000th of a Millimeter
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The novel type of nanomotor with an RNA polymerase, which pulls the two “handles” together and then releases them again. This generates ...
