Chemists studying how life started often focus on how modern biopolymers like peptides and nucleic acids contributed, but modern biopolymers don't form easily without help from living organisms. A ...

Organic molecules once thought to be produced only by life-forms have been found in two separate regions of space: a nearby comet and the debris around a pair of forming stars. Previous studies on ...

Organic aerosol particles are widespread in the global atmosphere 2. They consist of primary particles, which are emitted directly into the atmosphere, and secondary particles, which form from the ...