While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...
On Protein Folding One paragraph in this story1 contains confusing terminology. The use of the term nitrogen-hydrogen bond for amide-hydrogen is a simplification too far. "Hydrogen bonds" in proteins ...
Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...
The dot and cross diagram shows that a water molecule is made up of one oxygen atom joined to two hydrogen ... two nitrogen atoms joined together. Nitrogen atoms can form three covalent bonds ...
This resulted in the formation of organic molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds including hydrogen cyanide, the amino acid glycine, and uracil. The researchers argue that these findings indicate ...
Forget the dramatic lightning strike – life may have started with countless tiny sparks from crashing water droplets!
The nitrogen-containing fragments are particularly important because both the basic character of the nitrogen lone pair and the hydrogen bond–donating capacity of the NH group can be modulated ...