origin of life

The research reveals clues about the physical and chemical characteristics of Earth when life is thought to have emerged

Key precursors for life on Earth are abundant in interstellar Molecular Clouds, could have reached Earth inside meteors

Researchers argue that in order to recognize life’s full range of forms, we must develop a new theoretical frame

Researchers at Simon Fraser University have isolated a genetic clue—an enzyme known as an RNA polymerase—that provides new insights about the origins of life

A look at enzyme evolution suggests life figured out how to use oxygen long before the main event

Newly described chemical reaction could have assembled DNA building blocks before life forms and their enzymes existed

Researchers screened a wide variety of simple organic compounds to see if they could form polymers under early Earth conditions

KIT scientists participate in the Belle II accelerator experiment that has now published first results

To overcome a complete annihilation, researchers say, the universe must have turned a small amount of anti-matter into matter, creating an imbalance between them

For 50 years, what's called "the phosphate problem" has plagued studies on the origin of life