If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Ruthenium has emerged as a pivotal metal in modern medicine, drug discovery, and biotechnology, with its integration into ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in ...

The meteorite, which crashed down in Morocco 11 years ago, was formed hundreds of millions of years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Scientists have uncovered new details explaining why iron oxide minerals are such effective long-term carbon traps in soils.

Hybrid molecules containing organic and inorganic components were assembled through bottom-up synthesis into a continuous network of interpenetrating molecular-scale organic and inorganic ionic ...

Organic chemicals, primarily composed of carbon and hydrogen, underly all of life. They’re also widespread in the Universe, so they can’t be taken as a clear signature of the presence of life. That ...

The Mars Curiosity rover discovered decane, undecane, and dodecane—the largest organic molecules yet identified on Mars—within the Cumberland rock sample from Gale Crater's Yellowknife Bay, a presumed ...

Organic chemist Bruce Lipshutz had a bit of a rude awakening. It was around 2007, and the head of environmental health and safety (EH&S) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, sat Lipshutz ...