Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maybe the first life on Earth was part of an 'RNA world.' Artur Plawgo/Science Photo Library via Getty Images How life on Earth ...

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Researchers report an unexplained 71-terahertz vibration in living cells, mouse tissues and isolated mitochondria that ...

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Potential applications inside living cells "We can control how and where these RNA droplets form and what they attract, effectively creating new, temporary rooms inside the cell furnished with ...

Today's nearly $70 billion U.S. biofuels economy is powered by two technology toolboxes. Biochemical technologies—used to produce around 17 billion gallons of ethanol annually—leverage microorganisms ...

Professor Suzannah Williams wishes she didn’t have to spend her days analyzing poop samples. It’s a dirty job; but someone’s got to do it. Biodiversity is rapidly dwindling, with wildlife populations ...

Using simple artificial cells, a research group led by Makito Miyazaki of the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have uncovered fundamental physical principles that govern ...