Controlling the topology and structure of entangled molecular strands is a key challenge in molecular engineering, ...

In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA and then read ...

By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA's environment, researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that strand separation - the essential process a "resting" double helix ...

Punishing conditions in the clouds of Venus could be home to a DNA-like molecule capable of forming genes in life very different to that on Earth, according to a new study. Long thought to be hostile ...

However, a new study led by researchers from Wrocław University of Science and Technology has revealed that a DNA-like molecule called peptide nucleic acid (PNA) might be able to withstand these ...