Adding fluorine to drug molecules can be tricky, but is often worthwhile. Rachel Brazil talks to the chemists trying to tame ...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is actively removed during spermatogenesis in a conserved process that enforces the uniparental ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of ...

Pairing wine with cheese is a no-brainer, but have you ever tried twinning a multipack of Walkers with a £5 bottle of vino from Aldi? It’s not a combo you’ll find on the menu at any Michelin Star ...

With an electric current and hydrogen peroxide, researchers at Penn State have developed a more efficient way to extract ...

With an electric current and hydrogen peroxide, researchers at Penn State have developed a more efficient way to extract ...

This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter ...

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's ...

NASA researchers have discovered organic compounds and minerals essential for life in samples collected from the near-Earth ...

Some amino acids can be built in two ways that mirror each other, like a pair of right and left hands. Life on Earth uses the ...

The building blocks of DNA have been found in samples returned to Earth from an asteroid, suggesting life rained down from ...