One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of ...

When the sun goes down, solar panels stop working. This is the fundamental hurdle of renewable energy: how to save the sun's ...

Matthew Fuchter, who develops novel molecular systems at the University of Oxford, calls this “an exciting study [that] ...

Deep inside a nearby galaxy cloaked in thick clouds of gas and dust, astronomers have uncovered a surprising treasure trove ...

A major international study shows that increasing a naturally occurring molecule can help restore memory in animal models of ...

A newly identified driver of melanoma growth not only promotes tumor blood supply but also helps tumors evade immune attack.

Life may have begun when RNA molecules began to replicate themselves, and now we’ve finally found an RNA molecule that is very close to being able to do this ...

The Jewett Lab has spent years reimagining biological processes to advance technological progress. Recently, the lab helped ...

Researchers find molecule that drives skin cancer growth - A key protein helps fuel melanoma tumors — the deadliest form of ...

Wistar scientists have combined a promising cancer therapy with a molecule that targets tumors to treat cancer more ...

Researchers have analyzed the stepwise hydration of prolinol, a molecule widely used as a catalyst and as a building block in ...