In the beginning, there were simple chemicals. And they produced amino acids that eventually became the proteins necessary to create single cells. And the single cells became plants and animals. Recent research is revealing ...
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2015
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New research by scientists at New Zealand's University of Otago suggests a need for a fundamental rethink of the evolutionary path of enzymes, the proteins vital to all life on Earth.
Biochemistry
Apr 28, 2015
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Scientists in a lab used a powerful laser to re-create what might have been the original spark of life on Earth.
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2014
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Parts of the primordial soup in which life arose have been maintained in our cells today according to scientists at the University of East Anglia.
Biochemistry
Jul 24, 2014
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A chemical found in hair bleach may help answer questions about the origins of life and explain why new life does not emerge on modern Earth.
Biochemistry
Mar 19, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from Syracuse University and the University of California, has found that naturally forming peptides can self-assemble into catalysts. In their paper published in the journal ...
Before there was life on Earth, there were molecules. A primordial soup. At some point a few specialized molecules began replicating. This self-replication, scientists agree, kick-started a biochemical process that would ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2013
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The birth of stars is an event that eludes intuitive understanding. It is the collapse of dense molecular clouds under their own weight that offers the best sites of star formation. Now, Pralay Kumar Karmakar from the Department ...
Astronomy
Sep 12, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A team of chemistry and applied sciences researchers from several universities in the United States has shown that RNA fragments torn apart in the lab work together to reassemble themselves. This finding, the ...
(Phys.org) -- A review article appearing in the July 20, 2012, issue of the journal Science describes groundbreaking discoveries that have emerged from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the Brookhaven National ...
General Physics
Jul 19, 2012
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