Recent experiments demonstrate that key chemical reactions that support life today could have been carried out with ingredients likely present on the planet four billion years ago
The team used neutron crystallography to study the location of hydrogen atoms in aspartate aminotransferase, or AAT, an enzyme vital to the metabolism of certain amino acids
According to the North American Catalysis Society, catalysts contribute to more than 35 percent of the global GDP and represent a $12 billion market in the United States alone
Scientists have for the first time been able to see an especially important step in the water-splitting process, which may bring us closer to abundant solar energy for all