The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet’s atmosphere. On Earth, DMS ...

Such molecules would be suited to acting as quantum bits, or qubits, the basic unit of information in quantum systems. But ...

Astronomers may have found the strongest hint of life beyond Earth thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has just made a stunning discovery on Mars — the largest organic molecules ever found on the planet! These long carbon chains, possibly linked to fatty acids (key ...

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China ...

In this study, we propose a rigorous methodology to inversely design one-dimensional diatomic lattices based on the topological properties of complex phase loci, derived from the off-diagonal elements ...

These molecules, discovered in a rock sample drilled in 2013, offer fresh insights into the potential of Mars to support life. The findings suggest that Mars might have hosted more advanced prebiotic ...

These molecules could actually be fragments of fatty acids, which are found in, for example, the membranes surrounding biological cells. Scientists think that, if life ever emerged on Mars ...

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For the first time, the group found conclusive evidence of organic molecules that had originated from Mars. The rock sample was nicknamed "Cumberland" and has been studied several times since ...