Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery in deep space, identifying a large organic molecule that could be a crucial ...

The research collaboration opens up treatment possibilities for diseases in areas like oncology, cardiometabolic disorders, ...

Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells ...

UCF Professor Ramses Ramirez believes human exploration can greatly accelerate the search for life. "A human can react ...

"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

LMU researchers have demonstrated a possible mechanism for metabolic processes without cell membranes in water-filled pores.

LMU researchers have demonstrated a possible mechanism for metabolic processes without cell membranes in water-filled pores.

The study, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicates that asteroid and comet impacts possibly supplied Earth with molecules essential for life-sustaining ...

The Mars Curiosity rover has found the largest organic molecules yet on the Red Planet. Organic molecules are the building blocks of life, although they can also be produced by geological processes.

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life.