organic molecules

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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In his work, Yaghi wanted to find more controlled ways to create materials and started combining metal ions with organic molecules.

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As another co-author explained to Salon, some of these locations contain so much water that astrobiologists will need a tool for figuring out where and how those worlds contain liquid water on which organic molecules can turn into organisms.

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Astrobiologists believe that extraterrestrial life, if it exists, would require a planet or planetary moon with water and carbon in order to form organic molecules, which is why there is interest in Miranda.

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The researchers used molecular design to engineer over 500 candidate organic molecules they call "soft-hard zwitterionic trappers."

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There would be carbon, an element essential to the creation of organic molecules.

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