News & Views Published: 29 June 2017 Optical physics A larger quantum alphabet Roberto Osellame Nature 546, 602–603 (2017) Cite this article ...

Books Received Published: 17 July 1948 The Alphabet J. L. MYRES Nature 162, 82–83 (1948) Cite this article ...

Heyday, $15.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-59714-021-8 When Melville wrote about nature's "cunning alphabet," he meant it metaphorically: humans, he argued, see in nature only the lessons they seek.

One of her assignments was to photograph letters of the alphabet in nature. It was a fun exercise in learning to look for patterns in our environment, an... December 31, 2015 at 6:04 PM Share ...

In nature, DNA's bases, designated A, T, C, and G, pair up. A pairs with T and C with G, forming what looks like steps in a winding staircase - the double helix that is the DNA molecule.

For the first time, scientists have expanded life's genetic alphabet, by inserting two unnatural, man-made "letters" into a bacterium's DNA, and by showing that the cell's machinery can copy them.

An alphabetic inscription written on a jar fragment found at the site of Tel Lachish in Israel and dating back around 3,450 years may provide a "missing link" in the history of the alphabet.

Here's what the experts have to say. Chemists Expand Nature's Genetic Alphabet By Nell Greenfieldboyce / NPR Published May 7, 2014 at 8:09 AM PDT ...

A semi-synthetic organism with an expanded genetic alphabet. Nature, 2014; DOI: 10.1038/nature13314 ...