Scientists have made a bold leap in the search for life’s origins, offering a fresh look at how chemistry might have crossed over into biology. At the center of this progress are coacervate ...

Tree of life with one branch fewer In recent years ... within a cell and the segregation of chromosomes during cell division The origin of these microtubules has been unclear -- until now.

This would reduce the number of domains of life from three to two ... a cell and the segregation of chromosomes during cell division The origin of these microtubules has been unclear—until ...

Soda lakes might hold the key to the emergence of life on Earth. These unique environments could have concentrated the ...

However, the element is scarce, not only today but also at the time of the origin of life. So where was there ... potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth ...

giving an insight into the origin of life and the singular origin of complexity. Why do virtually all cells "breathe" by pumping protons (hydrogen ions) across a membrane? According to molecular ...

The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science. Various answers have been proposed, all of which remain unverified. To find out if we are alone in the galaxy, we will need ...

after the origin of life itself. —Daniel Mills, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München During this time, some of the defining characteristics of modern eukaryotic cells—the nucleus, mitochondria, ...

These tiny tubes are important for transport processes within a cell and the segregation of chromosomes during cell division The origin of these microtubules has been unclear – until now. In a newly ...