Hydrolysis of the phosphodiester linkages in DNA is a notoriously difficult reaction. Deoxyribozymes that use Zn 2+ and Mn 2+ ions to accelerate this reaction by a factor of one hundred million ...

Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 2a, 85748 ...

Scientists have discovered DNA’s building blocks inside ancient meteorites, suggesting that life’s origins may be extraterrestrial. These space rocks, which landed on Earth billions of years ago, ...

Materials and Process Simulation Center, Beckman Institute 139-74, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, and Department of Civil Engineering, Howard University, Washington, D ...