Researchers have identified a new complex molecule in space called cyanocoronene. It is a type of hydrocarbon composed of ...

By studying sulfur-based molecules in space, scientists are working to understand the chemical processes that might have led to the formation of life on Earth. advertisement Phys.org ...

Every living thing on Earth depends on water, but why is that? Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor Nicholas Borotto studies biochemistry, and explains why water is an important molecule for ...

Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule found in space that may offer new clues about the formation of life on Earth.

The Nuts and Bolts of DNA Replication: Whether it is a microbe, a rose, or a dolphin, any form of life gets its building and operating instructions from the molecule of life, DNA.DNA comprises the ...

“If we wish a more plausible origin of life, then we must work with the assumption that life began, somehow, among one of the mixtures of simple organic molecules that are produced by abiotic ...

A molecule common to Earth and usually associated with life has been detected in the depths of space by scientists. Carbonic acid (HOCOOH), which you may know as the chemical that makes your soda ...

As this simple molecule contains nitrogen as well as carbon and probably existed on the uninhabited Early Earth, many researchers view urea as a possible precursor for complex biomolecules. “In our ...

Using synchrotron light, researchers created a "fingerprint" of the molecule, facilitating its identification in space. This work could help trace the formation of life-essential molecules on Earth.

Sulfur is an essential element for life as we know it, and a building block for proteins and amino acids.Scientists recently created a spectral "fingerprint" of a special type of molecule called ...