Bennu is a primitive rock. It has remained mostly unchanged since the birth of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago. On September 24, 2023, dust and mineral samples were hauled to Earth by ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

Inside cells, RNAs and proteins form tiny, liquid-like droplets called biomolecular condensates. These droplets are essential for organizing cellular life, yet why some RNAs cluster more readily than ...

A leading education union boss says headteachers will be unable to fulfil the government's latest plan to teach the sciences separately at GCSE because of an overwhelming lack of specialist teachers.

In a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the single life form that branched into ...

Amino acids have long been known to improve the stability and solubility of proteins. Amino acids might be added to insulin, for example, to maintain shelf-life and stop undesired chemical reactions ...

Using AI, scientists have built a “GPS” for cancer-fighting immune cells. It’s a molecular navigation system that helped the cells lock onto cancer, kind of like Google Maps guiding travelers to a new ...

As pollution and sulfuric acid choked North American skies in the 1970s and 80s, a bipartisan, transnational agreement spearheaded by the Environmental Protection Agency combatted acid rain, which ...

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Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...