Creating psychedelic-like molecules by shining light on life's basic building blocks

UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids—the building blocks of ...

Atoms form basic building blocks of life | GARY COSBY JR.

The tiny atom, the basic building block of everything, is itself almost nothing, but atoms form a crossroads where science ...
Inverse

Where Did Life Come From, Exactly? The Answer Is Out There

Several studies in recent years have found amino acids, some of the molecules that make up cell membranes, and other key pieces of the chemistry of life floating on grains of interstellar dust. But a ...
Forbes

Life’s Building Blocks Likely Formed Much Closer To Earth Than Ever Thought

This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, seen by the ONC-T camera on board of Hayabusa2. Filters: vwx date:2018-07-12 08:01 Image level: 2b (Images after hardware correction and ...
PBS

How a NASA mission may help us understand life’s origins

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ancient asteroid back to Earth has revealed that the building blocks of life ...
CNN

Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Researchers have ...