One way to understand the potential for life on far-off planets — those in other solar systems that orbit different stars — is to study a planet’s atmosphere. Telescopic images […]
While fields like Artificial Life have made huge strides in quantifying the mechanisms that distinguish living systems from non-living ones, particular mechanisms remain difficult to reproduce in silico.
The ability of Deinococcus bacteria to survive in harsh environments, such as high radiation, extreme temperature, and dryness, is mainly attributed to the generation of unique pigments, especially carotenoids.
University of Southampton scientists have stored the full human genome on a 5D memory crystal – a revolutionary data storage format that can survive for billions of years. The team […]
It’s a dogma taught in every introductory biology class: Proteins are composed of combinations of 20 different amino acids, arranged into diverse sequences like words. But researchers trying to engineer […]
The mineral schreibersite, e.g., Fe3P, is commonly found in iron-rich meteorites and could have served as an abiotic phosphorus source for prebiotic chemistry.
![Coupled bilayer nanopore concept for physical guiding, tracking and sizing of single molecules a, Fabrication schematic including EBL, etching, 2D materials transfer and AC-STEM sculpting. SiN nanopores constitute a GURU platform. Pore thicknesses are tSiN and t2D, diameters are dSiN and d2D and the total thickness is tGURU. Device configurations are denoted as [N, M] for N SiN pores and M 2D pores. σSiN and σ2D denote surface charge densities of SiN and 2D pores, respectively. The interlayer separation, L, can be experimentally controlled by the duration of RIE. -- Nature](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tricorder-Tech-Novel-Coupled-Nanopore.png?resize=1200%2C719&ssl=1)
Editor’s note: As we begin to expand our search for life to other worlds we are going to need to be economical interms of the equipment we send and how […]
Tardigrades, often called “water bears”, are fascinating microscopic organisms known for their incredible resilience—they can survive anything from deadly radiation to arctic temperatures to the vacuum of space. And though […]
In a study published today (22 August) in Cell Reports Physical Science, a team led by Dr Yoshikatsu Hayashi demonstrated that a simple hydrogel – a type of soft, flexible […]
“DNA, RNA and proteins are the key players to regulate all processes in the cells of our body,” Leiden Professor John van Noort explains. “To understand the (mis-)functioning of these […]
