Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise ...

There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...

Small molecules have critical roles at all levels of biological complexity and yet remain orphans of the central dogma. Chemical biologists, working with small molecules, expand our understanding of ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

A new JSTAT study shows how to compute the minimum energy cells use to sustain certain metabolic pathways while suppressing ...

Drug developers are racing to design molecules that coax our cells into burning more energy even when we are sitting still, ...

Chemist Anne Lüscher showed at 39C3 how synthetic DNA can be used for data storage and tamper-proof authentication.

Living cells pay a hidden energy price not just to run chemical reactions, but to keep them on track and block all the ...

Interlocked molecules are molecular architectures formed from two or more components that are linked together mechanically; the entangled components are not connected through covalent bonds but cannot ...

Crush mosquito-repelling herbs to release oils, put them where people will brush past them, or use wind to disperse the ...

Açai isn’t the only Brazilian fruit with superfood potential, according to emerging research. Jaboticaba is rich in ...