Building on the original Miller-Urey experiments, new work shows that some ingredients of the "primordial soup" came from a thoroughly unexpected place. The results may have implications for our ...

In 1952, a University of Chicago chemist named Stanley Miller and his adviser, Harold Urey, conducted a famous experiment. Their results, published the following year, provided the first evidence that ...

In 1953, the Miller-Urey Experiment showed how organic molecules could have been created by the conditions of the early Earth. Chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey tried to replicate the ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A classic experiment proving amino acids are created when inorganic molecules are exposed to electricity isn’t the whole story, it turns out. The 1953 Miller-Urey Synthesis had two ...

Some of the basic ingredients for life are well known: a dash of water, methane, ammonia, hydrogen and a spark. But a pinch of minerals is also needed, according to a new study 1 by Italian and ...

It’s a pretty sure bet that anyone who survived high school biology has heard about the Miller-Urey experiment that supported the hypothesis that the chemistry of life could arise from Earth’s ...

Science is built on reproducibility; if someone else can replicate your results, chances are pretty good that you’re looking at the truth. And there’s no statute of limitations on reproducibility; ...

There are multiple theories that explain the origin of life on Earth, but one of the most disputed ones was proposed in 1953 ...

A famous origin-of-life experiment from the 1950s may have more accurately mimicked nature than we initially thought. The influential Miller-Urey experiment showed that with just water, ammonia, ...

The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science. Various answers have been proposed, all of which remain unverified. To find out if we are alone in the galaxy, we will need ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A classic experiment proving amino acids are created when inorganic molecules are exposed to electricity isn't the whole story, it turns out. The 1953 Miller-Urey Synthesis had ...