Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

A sleep-inducing molecule humans use to make proteins was found, along with other amino acids, on an asteroid named Bennu.

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer space. This idea suggests that prebiotic molecules—the building blocks of ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected significant amounts of methanol and hydrogen cyanide in ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

A low-dose mix of zinc, serine, and branched-chain amino acids boosted neural function and social behavior in autism mouse ...

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Impact-shock synthesis of organic molecules may have been one of the sources of organic carbon in our Solar System 4.5–3.8 billion years ago 1,2,3,4, just before life emerged (for example, refs 5, 6, ...