A new study suggests that simple molecules on early Earth may have worked together to create more stable, cell-like ...

Money thinks amoebas are gorgeous to look at through a microscope. But, he says, this single-celled creature is more than just a pretty face. It's both beautiful and intelligent—and likely possesses ...

Lasers power drones midair as hybrid perovskite-thermoelectric wings harvest energy Hybrid perovskite and thermoelectric ...

The findings provide new clues about one of science's biggest questions: how life began. In the new study, published in Nature Communications, the researchers showed that two types of simple molecules ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely untouched. Unlike most ...

The age-old mystery of whether the chicken or the egg came first may finally have a definitive answer — and the truth goes back much further than anyone might expect. Scientists have uncovered ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota created the cell from chemical compounds and were shocked by how it behaved.

Origin of life researchers at Hebrew University show that fatty acids and hydroxy acids, when chemically bonded, form hybrid ...

An organelle discovered inside a microbe inside a cow’s gut helps explain how livestock burps contribute to warming our ...

Cisplatin is one of the most successful cancer medicines ever developed. Doctors use it to treat many cancers, including lung ...

Researchers say a tiny one-eyed ancestor that lived nearly 600 million years ago may have shaped the evolution of every vertebrate eye, including our own. They also found that its ancient median eye ...

What if a splash of water, a drop of oil, and a standard laboratory ...