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A high-throughput workflow for wide-targeted metabolomics in dried blood spots (DBS) is presented.

We have all these amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. We have the nucleobases—which are the letters of the genetic code—and a host of other molecules that we’re still sorting ...

Water cremations, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, are already available in 30 US states as well as Canada and South Africa ...

Many DNA-based technologies involve the immobilization of DNA and therefore require a fundamental understanding of the DNA structure–function relationship at interfaces. We present three ...

G-quadruplexes (G4s) are versatile catalytic DNAs when combined with hemin. Despite the repertoire of catalytically competent G4/hemin complexes studied so far, little is known about the detailed ...

Explore how mass spectrometry is transforming planetary science – delivering key data from space missions to Titan, Venus and ...

Thermodynamics articles from across Nature Portfolio Thermodynamics is the mathematical analysis of energy relationships. It is a scientific discipline concerned with heat and temperature and ...

Biopolymers are polymers synthesized by living organisms. Biopolymers can be polynucleotides (such as the nucleic acids DNA and RNA), polypeptides (that is, proteins) or polysaccharides (that is ...