The Milky Way is full of toxic, grease-like molecules, according to astronomers from Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Turkey's Ege University. To estimate the amount of "space ...

When considering the possibility of life in space, finding organic matter outside of Earth is indispensable to finding potentially habitable areas. A new study from the University of New South Wales ...

Space is full of grease-like molecules, according to a new study that attempted to mimic interstellar dust in a laboratory. The study, conducted by the University of New South Wales in Australia and ...

There’s enough greasy matter in the Milky Way for 40 trillion trillion trillion packs of butter, according to a new study of the space between the stars. In the research, published in the Monthly ...

Aliphatic alcohols are cheap, widely available, and very stable building blocks for chemical synthesis and drug discovery. Now, a team of chemists has found a way to add functional groups to them in ...

One of the coolest parts of the Star Wars franchise is when spaceship pilots engage the hyperdrive, which allows them to jump around the galaxy faster than the speed of light. But Hannah Devlin at The ...

Adding halogen atoms to unactivated single-bonded carbon atoms in freestanding organic compounds remains a challenge for synthetic chemists. The discovery of the first enzyme capable of this feat may ...

Researchers have developed a new manganese-based catalyst that can change the structure of drug-like molecules to make new drugs, advancing the pace and efficiency of drug development. A University of ...

Our galaxy is rich in grease-like molecules, according to new research. Astronomers used a laboratory to manufacture material with the same properties as interstellar dust and used their results to ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A University of Illinois team of researchers led by chemistry professor M. Christina White has developed a new manganese-based catalyst that can change the structure of druglike ...