In everyday life, we typically encounter water in one of three familiar states—solid, liquid or gas. But there are in fact ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate, and ammonia. Together, ...

water molecules helped bind because they were liberated to move freely, increasing disorder (entropy). For another sequence, water molecules "froze" between the transcription factor and DNA ...

Electron antineutrinos are emitted during nuclear beta decay, a type of radioactive decay in which a neutron decays into a ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago.

Emulsions are a critical element in tons of sauces, dressings, desserts, and more. What specific purpose do they serve, and ...

Water is ubiquitous and seemingly ordinary, possessing no distinct color or odor. Though we often take water for granted, it is by no means a simple substance. As a consequence of its chemical ...

New research in eGastroenterology identifies the unfolded protein response (UPR) as a crucial mechanism in maintaining ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...