New experiments suggest RNA, life’s essential molecule, could have formed naturally on early Earth and even arrived from space, raising intriguing questions about how easily life might begin elsewhere ...
In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly simple chemistry.
The question of how life could have emerged is one of the most long-standing mysteries in science. In a new study, the laboratory of LMU Professor Dieter Braun has uncovered an unexpected form of ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 50 (December 13, 2022), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) R-loops, or RNA:DNA hybrids, can induce DNA damage, which ...
Japanese scientists have discovered a process by which RNA could have readily formed from a prebiotic environment on ancient Earth. The research provides evidence in support of the RNA World ...