Because phosphates lie at the heart of almost every chemical reaction in the human body, scientists from California-based ...

A new study from the University of California San Diego has potentially unlocked one of life's greatest mysteries: how the first cell membranes formed on Earth billions of years ago. The research ...

Patagonia’s ‘living rocks’ hold ancient bacterial biofilms, offering insights into early life and potential bioengineering ...

The Earth was already more than 600 million years ... across the surface of tiny water bubbles, which led to the first cell membranes. Other bubbles are thought to have formed self-replicating ...

"These types of formations made by bacteria are believed to be, pretty much, the first living cells, organized cells, on Earth." While their work is still in the early stages, there's still "so ...