Much of an analytical chemist's work has focused on the preservation and reconstruction of culturally significant scents, ...

A meta-analysis of multiple studies reveals a consistent link between high consumption of sugary drinks and anxiety symptoms in adolescents.

Ultimately, the gel-first hypothesis does not claim to provide a definitive answer to the origin of life. Rather, it offers a conceptual framework—one that integrates soft-matter physics, systems ...

Bacteriophages are viruses that can kill bacteria through highly specific interactions. While this property can be beneficial in selected applications, bacteriophages represent a serious threat to ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier than believed.

However, as user “Illuminatus” poignantly captures, “In Marathi there is no direct verb for To Love. We rather say, to have love on someone.” ...

In this idea, life’s first steps may have happened inside sticky gels attached to surfaces, similar in some ways to modern microbial biofilms. Biofilms are the thin layers of bacteria you see on rocks ...

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit.

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.

In order to build the computers and devices of tomorrow, we have to understand how they use energy today. That's harder than it sounds. Memory storage, information processing, and energy use in these ...