An international collaboration has published groundbreaking research, shedding light on the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth: the origin of the ...

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 ...

This link is the initial passage from inorganic matter to the primordial cell and its evolution — the origin of life. If it everproves possible to recreate in the laboratory the prebiotic ...

Scientists have made a bold leap in the search for life’s origins, offering a fresh look at how chemistry might have crossed ...

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 ...

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, ...

A recent study from France found that the chemical basis for life can form in interstellar ice, expanding on a cutting-edge area of research into the origins of life. Interstellar-ice chemistry may ...

All life forms on earth are divided into three major domains: eukaryotes, bacteria and archaea. Eukaryotes include the groups of animals, plants and fungi. Their cells are usually much larger and ...

The result? Tiny droplets that behave like primitive cells—organizing key ingredients of life such as RNA, lipids, and proteins. Back in the 1920s, Oparin and Haldane were among the first to ...

and ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which cells need to produce energy. Phosphorus may also have played a key role in the origin of life. Certain conditions are needed to trigger the start of the ...