"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

Cold cosmic dust grains can link amino acids into protein‑like chains in deep space, suggesting life’s chemistry may begin ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients ...

The chemical foundations of life could be found in the frigid pockets of molecular clouds that exist in the space between ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

Sandwich compounds are special chemical compounds used as basic building blocks in organometallic chemistry. So far, their structure has always been linear. Recently, researchers made stacked sandwich ...

Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Their work used ...