About 4 billion years ago, Earth began to show signs of the conditions that allowed the first cells to take hold and populate ...

Modification of phosphatidylglycerol by the attachment of a lysine residue to the glycerol ... types of fatty acids that are produced by the biosynthetic pathway and altering the structures ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet.

The fatty acid esters, which resemble petroleum diesel's molecular structure, become biodiesel while the glycerol goes into the wastewater as a byproduct. If left untreated, glycerol can pollute ...