A faster way to find new medicines—without the limitations of big DNA barcodes

Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun, have developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for ...
C&EN

Metal ions turn DNA into a 3-state memory device

By shuttling silver and mercury between binding sites in DNA, scientists make the molecule switch conductance levels like a ...
Nanowerk

Programmable nanopores enable universal DNA computing and label-free biosensors

A label-free nanopore platform uses programmable DNA circuits to build versatile molecular logic gates, forming a universal basis for scalable DNA computing and advanced biosensing applications.
The New York Times

The Long-Overlooked Molecule That Will Define a Generation of Science

Dr. Cech is a biochemist and the author of the forthcoming book “The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets,” from which this essay is adapted. From E=mc² to splitting the atom ...