Using a machine learning technique that compares molecular fingerprints left behind by living organisms, researchers have ...

A machine-learning-enhanced approach to chemical analysis is drastically expanding the chemical record of life on Earth, and ...

Scientists have detected signatures in ancient rocks that push back the timeframe for the discovery of early life by billions of years.

New study reveals tiny chemical clues in ancient rocks, showing that early life and early photosynthesis appeared much earlier than thought.

Scientists have developed a new approach using chemical fingerprints to detect signs of ancient life in rocks, offering ...

Scientists used AI to discover the earliest chemical traces of life on Earth in a 3.3-billion-year-old rock from South Africa ...

The new study involved taking a fresh look at the "Altamura Man," which is an exceptionally well-preserved Neanderthal ...

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have uncovered evidence that water once flowed beneath Martian sand dunes — suggesting that the Red Planet may have once had conditions capable of supporting life. Scienti ...

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

Using this method, researchers were able to push the ability to find molecular traces in much older rocks. The state of the ...

A new study uncovered fresh chemical evidence of life in rocks more than 3.3 billion years old, along with molecular traces showing that oxygen-producing photosynthesis emerged nearly a billion years ...