Scripps Research scientists have discovered a new set of chemical reactions that use cyanide, ammonia, and carbon dioxide, all of which were thought to the building blocks of proteins and DNA. Continue reading to understand why scientists thought that it could be the origin of life.
University of Illinois developed a new approach involving zeolites to make water molecules and its fluidity as better catalyst for chemical reactions instead of harmful solvents.
A new study reports the discovery of a novel aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) molecule, one that has potential applications in nanogating, sensing, and targeted drug release.
In a step towards electrically controllable mirrors or switchable light, researchers can now dynamically switch liquid metal surfaces between reflective and scattering states.
A new study inquires to a previously misunderstood phenomenon occurring between chemical reactions used to create plastics and pharmaceuticals - and this could help chemical manufacturing become more environmentally friendly.
A new study shows that a diamidophosphate or DAP, a simple compound that possibly existed on Earth prior to life’s occurrence, could have ‘chemically knitted together tiny DNA building blocks’ into strands of primordial DNA.
Sahil Gulati and his team from Western Reserve University, school of medicine have made bovine rhodopsin from purified proteins to improve vision mechanism in human eyes. Rhodopsin is a modified form of vitamin A which is a light-sensitive protein, belongs to the G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
MIT made an atomic force microscope prototype that is 2,000 times faster -- fast enough that can render processes like chemical reactions in real time.