Recent research demonstrated an alternative to polymer precursors by using heat to transform small organic molecules into organic metal salts and then into porous carbons. The process of heating ...

The inventory of small organic molecules that Rosetta detected so far in comet 67P mostly lines up with what scientists would expect of material inherited from molecular clouds in interstellar space.

Curiosity has previously discovered small organic molecules on Mars, but these recently found compounds are larger and would have require chemistry to reach a more advanced state to be produced.

The inventory of small organic molecules that Rosetta detected so far in comet 67P mostly lines up with what scientists would expect of material inherited from molecular clouds in interstellar space.

This research team developed a new molecular synthesis technique for integrating silicon atoms into small organic molecules by allowing the molecules to react with the silicon deposited on the ...

"What we have found is a hidden layer between the first small organic molecules, and later self-replicating compounds like RNA," says Trapp. And what of RNA? Today this molecule, found in every ...

A friendly molecule called ortho-benzyne is a key player. Astronomers have found a friendly molecule in deep space. New research shows how a simple molecule called ortho-benzyne helps form more ...