New advances in chemical biology enable the conceptualization of systems that are living and use much of the machinery of real life forms, but that have the ability to use small molecules ...

"With more time, we will be able to apply this knowledge to understand how the molecules respond in more complex, messy environments (e.g. inside a biological cell), that are more likely to ...

Real atoms are extremely small and Linus could not possibly see them. The colored spheres in the game represent a large supply of that atom. For example, the red sphere for oxygen could represent a ...

“Mirror bacteria” could evade people’s immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also lead to a substantial proportion of plant and animal species being displaced, ...

Scientists have uncovered a tantalising clue to the origins of life on Earth, finding complex organic molecules in a distant interstellar cloud. A team of researchers led by MIT has detected ...

Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules – a potential indicator of life – on Mars, with new findings from Nasa’s Perseverance rover suggesting the presence of a ...