Hey, what if you could have a factory that makes robots that is run by… robots? This is hardly an original thought, but we are a long way from having an assembly line of C3POs self-replicating. On the ...

There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key steps was the emergence of an RNA molecule that ...

The ability to self-replicate is regarded as an essential prerequisite for every early form of life. By proving that amyloids self-replicate, Riek and his team have not only highlighted another ...

A most remarkable feature of HIV is its ability to replicate continuously and unrelentingly despite apparently strong antibody and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses. Here, Ronald Desrosiers ...