Key building block of life may have come from deep space
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 08:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at UH Mānoa's Department of Chemistry have provided compelling evidence that glycerol, a key molecule in the origin of Earth's living organisms, may have occurred in space more than 4 billion years ago. Glycerol represents the central building block in cells – the smallest structural and biological unit of all known living organisms on Earth.