Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could ...

A new study published this week in Nature offers potential answers to a long-standing question in biology: How did the first ...

Long before dinosaurs munched on leafy greens or photosynthesizing algae soaked up the sun, a lifeless soup of simple molecules floated through the watery and rocky landscape of early planet Earth.

Now, in a breakthrough published in Nature, researchers have finally recreated this moment. Using simple chemistry that could ...

A new study from Aarhus University shows that our cells' ability to clean out old protein clumps, known as aggregates, also ...

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A new approach to an established reaction boosts the ability to synthesize vinylic ethers—key building blocks for many ...

Protein is one of the most important macronutrients your body requires to work optimally. Proteins (or amino acids) provide the very foundation of muscles, skin, enzymes, and hormones, and are crucial ...

KANSAS CITY — The future of protein is not in quantity; it’s quality. To be more precise, it’s about specific amino acids, particularly the nine that are considered essential. There are 20 amino acids ...

A new study from Aarhus University shows that our cells’ ability to clean out old protein clumps, known as aggregates, also ...