While sifting through the juvenile mammoth’s genetic materials for traces of RNA, the team made another surprising discovery: ...

The oldest RNA ever reported until now came from a 14,300-year-old “wolf” puppy frozen in permafrost. But when Mármol-Sánchez ...

Scientists have managed to rescue the molecule, against all odds, from a calf that died after being attacked by cave lions ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

The ability to predict and interpret modifications of ribonucleic acid (RNA) has been a welcome advance in biochemistry research. However, existing predictive approaches have a key drawback--they can ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a dangerous place. Unlike DNA, which can persist for millions of years in its remarkably stable, ...

Researchers at Stockholm University carefully ground up bits of muscle and other tissue from Yuka and nine other woolly ...