Matter: DNA Gets a New — and Bigger — Genetic Alphabet

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/science/dna-hachimoji-genetic-alphabet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
February 21, 2019 at 10:00PM

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