These and other discoveries have left scientists wondering if any off-world amino acids might have once helped life evolve ...

We hypothesize that more informative features for amino acids could improve the generalizability of ML models. While features like Morgan FPs and MACCS keys can embed useful information about ...

Scientists poring over a sample brought back from the asteroid Bennu have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds, ...

The direct enzymatic conversion of an amino acid side chain to a chemical reporter would be an appealing means for site-specific protein labeling. An opportunity to achieve this was recently ...

Department of Chemistry, University of California─Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California─Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's ...

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...

Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...