Small molecules are low molecular weight molecules that include lipids, monosaccharides, second messengers, other natural products and metabolites, as well as drugs and other xenobiotics.

This graphic shows the long-chain organic molecules decane, undecane, and dodecane. These are the largest organic molecules discovered on Mars to date. They were detected in a drilled rock sample ...

It has been shown that this transport mechanism becomes more important with the size of the molecules that form an organic semiconductor ... "We can now influence heat conduction by specifically ...

March 25 (UPI) --The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising speculation about if life was created billions of years ago ...

While the compounds themselves could have been constructed by non-living processes, the very fact they exist at all demonstrates the rover's ability to identify long organic molecules on the Martian ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on the ...

While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical signatures of past life, if it ever existed. Scientists have announced ...

"The fact that fragile linear molecules are still present at Mars' surface 3.7 billion years after their formation allows us to make a new statement: If life ever appeared on Mars billions of ...

In a breakthrough discovery, researchers have found the largest organic compounds ever seen on Mars, offering new clues about whether life once existed on the Red Planet. Buried within a 3.7 ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a tantalizing venue for humankind’s search for life beyond Earth.

Scientists probed an existing rock sample inside Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) mini-lab and found the molecules decane, undecane, and dodecane. These compounds, which are made up of 10 ...