New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...

Life science and cargo operations kicked off the week for the Expedition 68 crew aboard the International Space Station. Two astronauts are also planning to exit the orbiting lab on Wednesday for a ...

China's Shenzhou-21 astronauts have steadily advanced scientific experiments in several fields aboard China's space station ...

In 1952, a University of Chicago chemist named Stanley Miller and his adviser, Harold Urey, conducted a famous experiment. Their results, published the following year, provided the first evidence that ...

Early in 1993, a manuscript landed in the Nature offices announcing the results of an unusual — even audacious — experiment. The investigators, led by planetary scientist and broadcaster Carl Sagan, ...

A planetary scientist worked with engineers to measure the physical limits for a liquid when salty water is at very high pressure. The results suggest where to look for extraterrestrial life in the ...

Venus may be a hellscape by our standards, but there’s a chance that some forms of life could evolve there. A new MIT study has now found that the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in ...

Washington, D.C.—The building blocks of life may have emerged in volcanic eruptions on the early Earth, according to a new analysis of classic experiments performed more than fifty years ago. Using ...

Texas’s premier life science conference returns to Houston in November, spotlighting breakthrough innovations in therapeutics, medical technology, and digital health. HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rice ...

Life Science Cares provides a platform for companies in the life sciences industry and their employees to make a difference. It makes impactful grants to community nonprofits that are implementing ...