organic molecules

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1. The smallest units of organic compounds. Important examples of these molecules are based on chains of carbon atoms and come in four major categories: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).

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Example Sentences

By attaching specially selected organic molecules to the nanoparticles, the team created a system capable of transferring electrical energy into the insulating material.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

On early Earth, where organic molecules were scattered in the environment, this kind of mixing could have brought key ingredients together.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

The organic molecules are not definitive evidence of past life, the NASA-led team emphasised, because they could also have formed on the red planet or crash-landed on meteorites.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The experiment, conducted in 2020, detected more than 20 organic molecules, including several that had never before been confirmed on Mars.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

They eat the floaters both for their organic molecules and for their store of pure hydrogen.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan