We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

For decades, humanity has sought answers to one of the most profound questions in science: are we alone in the universe? The ...

The ability to self-organize is a key feature of biological systems and is widely found in nature: Small building blocks that autonomously assemble give rise to macromolecules such as the cell nucleus ...

Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...