Astronomers have detected a variety of complex organic molecules (COMs) in the protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, ...

Glass isn't as easy to recycle as we might think, so we need as many ways to turn it into new products as we can devise.

Figure 1: Producing complex movements from simple building blocks. Thoroughman and Shadmehr 1 investigated 'motor primitives', thought to represent the neural building blocks of complicated movements.

Looking at life today, it is difficult to imagine how complex biological processes and structures could have developed from simple building blocks. All cellular processes and reactions appear to ...

Compounds made by lightning strikes in the atmosphere would have become widely dispersed, which matters a lot, because making simple building blocks is not enough. These building blocks need to ...

Protein targets muscle tissue growth and development especially. "Amino acids are the main building block for muscle," explains Walter Willett, MD, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at ...