The Curiosity rover, along the lower slopes of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater, has reportedly uncovered the largest organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet. Decane, undecane, and dodecane are ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...

Watching proteins move as they drive the chemical reactions that sustain life is one of the grand challenges of modern ...

Researchers in the Raman Lab at UW recently published a study discussing sending microbes into space at the International Space Station to evaluate how mutations induced by microgravity may impact ...

A team of scientists has replicated one of Thomas Edison's early experiments from his quest to make the lightbulb, but with ...

1 Hua Medicine (Shanghai) Limited, Shanghai, China 2 Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China ...

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon, Enceladus. Published in Icarus, the results show that ...

Biochemistry has been a core component of Purdue University and the College of Agriculture since 1934. Our graduate students experience a rigorous and creative research environment in which they can ...

In 1927, Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr debated the nature of what’s known as complementarity—the idea that a photon’s dual wave-like and particle natures can’t be measured at the same time. Now, two ...

WASHINGTON — The defense bill that President Donald Trump signed into law puts an end to many military experiments on cats and dogs and declares a ceasefire to shooting animals in “trauma” exercises.

He also serves as an officer in the biochemistry club, where members work with local elementary and middle school students interested in science. “We run experiments and show kids how fun science can ...