The phenomenon of asymmetric autocatalysis underpins one of the most fascinating questions in modern chemical and biological sciences: the origin of biological homochirality. In these reactions, a ...

The discipline of systems chemistry deals with the analysis and synthesis of various autocatalytic systems and is therefore closely related to the study of the origin of life, since it investigates ...

Endonuclease Cas12a, as one key part of the CRISPR/Cas biotechnology, possessed a unique dual enzymatic function which has been widely used for various applications1. However, the limits ...

A new study is proposing the idea that life on other worlds may not look like life as we know it. A research team dug into a type of reaction known as autocatalysis—a self-perpetuating reaction—long ...

The emergence of complex, dynamic molecular behaviour might have had a role in the origin of life. Such behaviour has now been seen in a reaction network involving small, organic, self-replicating ...

A groundbreaking study has highlighted the possibility of self-sustaining chemical reactions capable of supporting alien life vastly different from that present on earth. While Earth's biology hinges ...

Chemists have now devised a new technique for creating chains of molecular rings that do not use standard chemical interactions but contact with large molecular surfaces that are electron-poor and do ...