Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...
Labroots

Self-Replicating RNA Molecules Show How Life May Have Arose

Cells use the genetic information contained in DNA to generate proteins, which carry out many of the processes of life. RNA is the intermediate molecule; it is transcribed from DNA, then edited, ...

BioRender Gives AI A Visual Language For Science

How BioRender and CEO Shiz Aoki are turning a standard visual language for biology into must-have AI infrastructure, from ...
EurekAlert!

Small molecules mimic natural gene regulators

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---In the quest for new approaches to treating and preventing disease, one appealing route involves turning genes on or off at will, directly intervening in ailments such as cancer and ...
Nature

Single molecules meet systems biology

Application of single-molecule methods to assay genome-wide mRNA and protein levels in single bacteria provides a systems-level view of their relationship. In biology, working with large samples of ...
Nature

A big future for small molecules

Drawing on rich natural product resources, the field of small molecules is rapidly developing in China. Here, Yongjun Dang, director of the newly established Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic ...
The Conversation

Using electricity, not molecules, to switch cells on and off

William Bentley receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Defense (the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DTRA). Gregory Payne ...
C&EN

HotHouse launches to remix plant compound biosynthesis for pharma

The company says its AI and synthetic biology platform can produce compounds not possible with traditional synthesis ...
PBS

Biology: From Molecules to Man

Program covering the role of science and math in youth education and the future of science Biology: From Molecules to Man is a special program under the auspices of The HistoryMakers ScienceMakers ...
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Is life widespread throughout the cosmos? Complex organic molecules found in planet-birthing disk

Complex organic molecules that could be the precursors to the building blocks of life as we know it have been discovered in a ...
unr.edu

Bachelor's degree in biology

How long does it take? This 120 credit program is designed to be completed in four years. The Biology B.S. provides students with a solid background in natural science, the option to specialize in ...
Science Daily

Small Molecules Mimic Natural Gene Regulators

Small Molecules Mimic Natural Gene Regulators Date: June 4, 2009 Source: University of Michigan Summary: In the quest for new approaches to treating and preventing disease, one appealing route ...