RNA : Discovery News

Formerly Banned Bird Flu Studies Suggest Pandemic

Posted Thu May 3, 2012 11:41 AM ET | 0

The virus could potentially mutate and spread widely among people. Read more

Meteorites Carried Life's Building Block to Earth

Posted Tue Aug 9, 2011 09:13 AM ET | 0

Analysis of meteorites reveals they could have carried key elements of DNA to Earth. Read more

Life on Mars Could Stem From Earth

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Nov 2, 2010 12:30 AM ET | 0

If life on Mars is ever found, it may turn out to be less alien than you might expect. Read more

Human Gene Count: More Than a Chicken, Less Than a Grape

Posted Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:37 AM ET | 0

Scientists still aren't sure how many genetic parts it takes to make a human. Read more

Zap of UV Light May Have Triggered Life

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:02 AM ET | 0

How guanine, one of the four building blocks of RNA, came to exist has long been a mystery. The answer may be ultraviolet light. Read more

NASA Cooks up Ingredients for Life

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Dec 8, 2009 07:00 AM ET | 0

How does life take hold in the vacuum of space? Read more

Virus-Like Particles May Fast-Track Vaccines : Discovery News

Posted Tue Aug 4, 2009 03:01 PM ET

Bacteria can now trace the outline of an image on an agar plate in a feat that shows how manipulating small organisms could lead to synthetic biological devices useful to technology and medicine. Read more

Discovery News: Bacteria Cells Programmed to Count

Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 06:50 AM ET

Scientists have taught E. coli bacteria to count; this advance in synthetic life could lead to environmental or biological sensors that measure toxins and then self destruct once the job is done. Read more

Life on Earth May Have Begun Much Earlier: Discovery News

Posted Wed May 20, 2009 11:28 AM ET

Life on Earth may have sparked into existence as early as 4.4 billion years ago, hundreds of millions of years sooner than previously thought possible, according to a study to be published Thursday. Read more

Found: Milky Way's Sweet Spot : Discovery News

Posted Tue Dec 9, 2008 08:39 AM ET

Scientists find sugar molecules floating in space. What does it mean for the search for life? Read more

RNA-Based Computers Could Make House Calls on Cells

Posted Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:20 AM ET

Tiny biology-based computers could eventually check up on the health of individual cells, and, based on what they find, could then treat those cells. Read more

Nano 'Basketballs' to Battle Drug-Resistant Cancer : Discovery News

Posted Wed Sep 24, 2008 08:40 AM ET

Drug resistant bacteria, caused by the over-prescription of powerful antibiotics, is bad enough. Now scientists are identifying the genes responsible for drug resistant cancers, and finding new ways to stop them. Read more