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

An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...

A recent study from France found that the chemical basis for life can form in interstellar ice, expanding on a cutting-edge ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...

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 ...