The discovery that amino acids can form in more ways than we thought is another boost to the search for life beyond Earth. If ...

Amino acids from asteroid Bennu suggest that some of life’s building blocks formed in icy conditions in the early solar system.

The traditional explanation of the initial genetic code in life seems less established when ancient proteins seem to be recalling some other arrangement of amino-acids. A recent examination of protein ...

Scientists have finally discovered how amino acids essential for life formed on the 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu.

On Wednesday, Feb. 4, local Rotary Club members handed out copies of "A Student's Dictionary" to local third-grade students.

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

My family loved to splash a little cider vinegar in each bowl." —MIAMI BEACH "I am from southern Louisiana and I've been making red beans and rice on Mondays for as long as I can remember. I was ...

Many people still don’t understand how protein works, why it matters or the best ways to get enough of it in their diet. Here ...

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 space. This idea suggests that prebiotic molecules—the building blocks of ...

For decades, amino acids have been added to medical formulations like insulin as stabilizers: these small molecules keep proteins (i.e. larger particles) from interacting in undesirable ways. And for ...

Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This ...

Amino acids are absolutely essential to our health—and for life itself. They are the so-called “building blocks” of proteins. They play a key role in the growth, repair, and maintenance of almost ...