Researchers who manipulate lignin, a molecular fiber that allows plants to grow tall and transport water, unexpectedly discovered its synthesis has more far-reaching effects on plant development than ...

For more than a decade, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been sniffing the powdered insides of Martian rocks, hunting for ...

Nature Chemical Biology is committed to enhancing interdisciplinary communication and features online content to increase the accessibility of chemical information for our readers. The adage that “a ...

When describing the flavor of tomatoes, words like “sweet,” “juicy,” “rich” and “fresh” are common adjectives. “Spicy,” on the other hand, is not. University of Missouri doctoral student Kishan ...

NASA’s Mars rover has detected new organic compounds in ancient rocks, adding fresh evidence that the Red Planet may once have supported life.

Hyuga Hirano (United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and ...

A chemical compound essential to all living things has been synthesized in a lab in conditions that could have occurred on early Earth, suggesting it played a role at the outset of life. A chemical ...

When chemists design drug candidates, shape matters enormously. Many active pharmaceutical ingredients contain branched carbon structures—points where the molecular chain forks in a specific direction ...

The findings suggest Mars can preserve the kind of molecules that could point to proof that life once existed on the planet.

What’s out there? It’s a question humans have been asking for as long as there have been humans. Our ancestors struck out across continents and oceans to make the unknown known. Now, we’re using ...