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New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

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According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...

Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the ...

These curious molecules are both positively and negatively charged at the same time; the word “zwitter” in German means “hybrid” or “hermaphrodite”. Their unusual nature affords zwitterions a ...

Researchers at MSU found that H₃⁺ can form in unexpected ways. They studied molecules hit by high-energy light.

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...