Matter: Dna Gets A New — And Bigger — Genetic Alphabet

CARL ZIMMER, NY Times: Science
Thu, 02/21/2019 - 12:00pm

DNA is spelled out with four letters, or bases. Researchers have now built a system with eight. It may hold clues to the potential for life elsewhere in the universe and could also expand our capacity to store digital data on Earth

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