When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...

Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular halt that may have helped life evolve from simple cells to complex animals ...

Half a century ago, a quiet theorist working far from the big Western labs proposed a radical answer to one of science’s ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere. How did life first take shape? A group of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, ...

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

Every breath of air, every strand of DNA and every cell in my body carries a chemical story that began long before Earth ...

Scientists propose a new “prebiotic gel-first” framework that suggests life on Earth may have begun in sticky, surface-bound gels. These primitive gels could have concentrated and protected molecules, ...

Kaitlyn Sennett will carry several titles with her as she crosses the stage with her bachelor’s degree from Kennesaw State ...

Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded three-year postdoctoral fellowships to a new cohort of 12 early-career researchers who will pursue innovative, high-impact projects in the natural ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

The institute will support collaboration across multiple disciplines at UToledo, along with partners including ProMedica and ...

Scientists found the first natural proof that underwater volcanoes make ammonia without biology, a reaction that may have helped life begin.