RNA is then translated into proteins by structures called ribosomes. There are three types of RNA involved in the translation process: messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), and ribosomal RNA ...

However, in the half-century since the structure of DNA was first elaborated, scientists have learned that RNA does much more than simply play a role in protein synthesis. For example, many types ...

Genes have to be expressed in the right place, at the time, and at the right levels. Scientists wanted to know more about how ...

For the Liu Lab, necessity is truly the mother of invention.The researchers were examining how the 3D organization of the ...

All five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA have now been detected in meteorite samples ... an astrobiologist at NASA, which supplied one of three meteorites used in the study, tells Chemistry World ...