In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA and then read ...

How did life originate? Ancient proteins may hold important clues. Every organism on Earth is made up of proteins. Although ...

A type of virus thought to be a ‘mere curiosity’ is plentiful in one common bacteria and possibly others, a Monash University-led research team has found. The discovery improves understanding of how ...

Samples from three strands of Franz Schubert’s hair, which are very likely to be authentic due to their well-documented ...

As soon as we’re born,” says Do Ho Suh, “without knowing it, we’re influenced by the architecture and the objects that we’re ...

Forget dissecting frogs or squids. Imagine a biology lab where students can interact with an alien life form. Well, Arizona State University made it a (virtual) reality. That’s just one ...

The properties of biological materials like proteins and nucleic acids are largely determined by their primary sequence. Certain segments in the sequence strongly influence specific functions, but ...

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Generate a unique lifeform concept based on the user-provided specifications and `hydrogen` as the primary element, without relying on existing biological knowledge.

From sequencing the human genome to modeling living organisms, biology has gone digital, and WPI’s Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (BCB) program is at the forefront of this digital revolution.