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Physicists uncover new data on adenine, a crucial building block of life

Early Earth's atmosphere provided little shielding for ultraviolet light from space, so many prebiotic molecules, bombarded by it and light of other wavelengths, had a hard time surviving at all. But some molecules became ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stable Thanks to Dynamics - DNA Component Resists UV Radiation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Complex computer simulations have, for the first time, allowed scientists to examine in detail the processes that help to ensure the stability of DNA when exposed to UV light. The findings, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0