Compartmentalization is crucial for the evolution of life. Present-day phospholipid
membranes exhibit a high level of complexity and species-dependent homochirality, the so …

Biochemistry on Earth makes use of the key elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen,
phosphorus, and sulfur (or CHONPS). Chemically accessible molecules containing these …

We report the first detection in the interstellar medium (ISM) of a C 2 H 5 O 2 N isomer: syn-
glycolamide (NH 2 C (O) CH 2 OH). The exquisite sensitivity at sub-mK levels of an …

We present the first detection of (Z)-1, 2-ethenediol,(CHOH) 2, the enol form of
glycolaldehyde, in the interstellar medium toward the G+ 0.693− 0.027 molecular cloud …

One of the proposed scenarios for the origin of life is the primordial RNA world, which
considers that RNA molecules were likely responsible for the storage of genetic information …

The chemical compounds carrying the thiol group (-SH) have been considered essential in
recent prebiotic studies regarding the polymerization of amino acids. We have searched for …

Context. The increase in bandwidth and sensitivity of state-of-the-art radio observatories is
providing a wealth of molecular data from nearby star-forming regions up to high-z galaxies …

We report the first detection of the phosphorus monoxide ion (PO+) in the interstellar
medium. Our unbiased and very sensitive spectral survey toward the G+ 0.693–0.027 …

We report the first detection in the interstellar medium (ISM) of the Z-isomer of
cyanomethanimine (HNCHCN), an HCN dimer proposed as precursor of adenine. We …

To understand how phosphorus (P)-bearing molecules are formed in star-forming regions,
we have analysed the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations …