Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) ...

Experiment may help explain the ‘most intriguing causal paradox in biology’ about how early life forms came together about 4 ...

Researchers have revealed early conditions under which RNA and amino acids may have combined, giving rise to the origin of ...

The mystery, which has evaded scientists for more than five decades, can be explained with rather simple chemistry, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature. In lab experiments, scientists ...

For 400 million years, a leading hypothesis claims, Earth was an “RNA World,” meaning that life must’ve first replicated from RNA before the arrival of proteins and DNA. Unfortunately ...

Scientists discovered chemical reactions that place amino acids on tRNAs and extend peptide chains without enzymes, a key ...

For 400 million years, a leading hypothesis claims, Earth was an “RNA World,” meaning that life must’ve first replicated from RNA before the arrival of proteins and DNA. Unfortunately ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - For centuries, the idea behind how life began on Earth has captivated scientists. A prevailing theory in the scientific community, known as the "RNA World" hypothesis, suggests ...

The ‘RNA world’ scenario, which proposes that RNA was the first complex molecule to turn Earth’s primordial soup into living chemistry, has found new support 1.