For the first time, scientists have captured how complex molecules change shape when exposed to UV light—an ultra-fast ...

Scientists have developed a new chemical method that could make it easier, safer and more environmentally friendly to create ...

With the help of the world's most powerful X-ray laser, a research team has achieved an important breakthrough: Using the example of the pharmaceutically active substance 2-thiouracil, they applied a ...

Triple click chemistry has revolutionized chemical synthesis with its simplicity and efficiency, allowing for the quick and selective assembly of complex molecules. Now, in a recent study ...

Instead, the study suggests that natural environmental fluctuations helped guide the formation of increasingly complex molecules, eventually leading to life's fundamental building blocks.

and plant cells harness solar energy and use it to make the complex organic food molecules that other cells rely on for the energy required to sustain growth, metabolism, and reproduction (Figure 1).

At the heart of the Miller-Urey experiment was a classic chicken-and-the-egg paradox: complex organic molecules like amino acids and nucleic acids are the necessary building blocks of life ...

Cells get nutrients from their environment, but where do those nutrients come from? Virtually all organic material on Earth has been produced by cells that convert energy from the Sun into energy ...

Researchers today continue to rely on images of important molecules to confirm their educated ... scientists have also tackled ever more complex biochemical structures, from RNA to ribosomes.

Unfortunately, there isn't an enzyme for many reactions we would sorely like to catalyze—things like digesting plastics or incorporating carbon dioxide into more complex molecules. We've had a ...