A n international team of researchers reports the result of an incredible experiment performed on Mars. It had never been done before on another planet, and the experiment revealed more than 20 organic molecules that had been trapped in clay for 3.5 billion years. This has enormous implications for the search for ancient life on the Red Planet.

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission.

The findings suggest Mars can preserve the kind of molecules that could point to proof that life once existed on the planet.

North Carolina State University students studying organic chemistry no longer have to visit a lab in person to complete coursework. The university’s Rob-O-Chem lab at 851 Main Campus Drive in Raleigh allows students to participate in hands-on research ...

Last semester, assistant professor of chemistry Brooks Abel piloted a lab for Chemistry 12A, “Organic Chemistry,” to demonstrate recycling on a chemical level. Specifically, students decomposed plastics into monomers that could be resynthesized into ...