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A sleep-inducing molecule humans use to make proteins was found, along with other amino acids, on an asteroid named Bennu.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected significant amounts of methanol and hydrogen cyanide in ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have modified a bacterial transport system so that it can efficiently introduce large quantities of unnatural amino acids into cells, disguised as a kind of Trojan horse.

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

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