Scientists have discovered that the mineral jarosite breaks down organic compounds when it is flash-heated, with implications for Mars research. Jarosite is an iron sulphate and it is one of several ...

Students learn to define and identify organic compounds. Chemical Reactions: Writing Molecular Formulas and an Introduction to Organic Molecules: Students learn to define and identify organic ...

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Technology could be used to detect subtle shifts in bodily markers in breath that herald infections and cancers ...

Nobody knows for sure how life formed in the first place, but the thinking is that first you had to have the building blocks—organic compounds containing carbon and hydrogen. A new study finds these ...

Organic chemistry is the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-containing compounds. Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen, but they may ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) enter the air from gasoline, pesticides, tobacco smoke, and thousands of other products and processes. They can increase the risk of airway problems and other health ...

With a new NASA grant, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will identify and characterize life and its biosignatures in frozen sand dunes to offer insight into how microbial life could form. The ...

The ongoing search for evidence of past or present life on Mars includes efforts to identify organic compounds such as proteins in Martian soil, but their absence to date remains a mystery. A new ...