Scientists Discover ‘Key Stepping Stone’ to the Origin of Life
Scientists have simulated the formation of fatty acids, a key component in the assembly of Earth’s first cells. The discovery not only offers key insights to the earliest moments of …
Scientists have simulated the formation of fatty acids, a key component in the assembly of Earth’s first cells. The discovery not only offers key insights to the earliest moments of …
Bengaluru: The Infosys Prize 2023 in Physical Sciences has been awarded to Dr Mukund Thattai of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, …
Metabolic details matter to predict health in the modern world, Ocobock says. The same genetic programming that arose to protect someone in the Arctic—like high BMI and faster metabolism—could become …
Naaman and his team discovered that chiral molecules filter electrons based on the direction of their spin. Electrons with one spin orientation will move more efficiently across a chiral molecule …
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. On warm summer nights, green lacewings flutter around bright lanterns in backyards and at campsites. The insects, with their veil-like …
At first glance, the grit crust could seem like a routine example of what researchers call a biological soil crust, or “biocrust”—a community of coexisting bacteria, fungi, algae, and other …
According to assembly theory, before Darwinian evolution can proceed, something has to select for multiple copies of high-AI objects from the Assembly Possible. Chemistry alone, Cronin said, might be capable …