Sentences with phrase «first complex molecules»

With the help of lasers, he and colleagues detected the first complex molecules in interstellar space and first measured the mass of the black hole in the center of our galaxy.

On a simple level, the origin - of - life debate comes down to a question of how the first complex molecules came to be.

In 1968, it found formaldehyde, the first complex molecule ever found in space.

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He then went on to tell us about the history of the universe from the huge explosion of matter and energy (the Big Bang) through the formation of stars and then rocky planets on which complex chemicals were produced, leading to the synthesis of the first molecules of life and the emergence of the plant and animal kingdoms.

First the vitalization of matter, associated with the grouping of molecules; then the hominization of Life, associated with a super-grouping of cells; and finally the planetization of Mankind, associated with a closed grouping of people: Mankind, born on this planet and spread over its entire surface, coming gradually to form around its earthly matrix a single, major organic unity, enclosed upon itself; a single, hyper - complex, hyper - centrated, hyperconscious arch-molecule, co-extensive with the heavenly body on which it was born.

In this study, the SIgN team discovered for the first time that the integrity of p53 affects the production of a special cell surface protein called Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I. MHC class I molecules on the cancer cell surface serve as targets for the immune system.

The first Earth - size planets that Kepler finds will probably be very close to their star, so they will be very hot, probably too hot for complex molecules to exist and too hot for life.

Theories about the emergence of life suggest that increasingly complex carbon - based chemistry led to self - replicating molecules — and, eventually, the appearance of the first cellular life forms.

«Our study is the first to associate this complex pathway of molecules, of which TGF β1 seems to be a key player, to astrocytes» ability to modulate inhibitory synapses,» says Flávia Gomes.

Today, this dust is plentiful and is a key building block in the formation of stars, planets and complex molecules; but in the early Universe — before the first generations of stars died out — it was scarce.

For the first time, complex organic molecules (depicted by stick molecules in the artist's representation above) that are potential precursors to some building blocks of life have been spotted in the protoplanetary disk surrounding another star.

What the team has seen, however, are the chemical signs of three complex organic molecules in the cyanide family — an astronomical first, Öberg says.

The first was a T - shaped structure which Mulliken called an «outer complex», in which the chlorine molecule interacts only weakly with the electrons of the carbon - carbon double bond to form a loose association held together by electrostatic forces.

The results are encouraging: «Our work demonstrates for the first time that we can predict the Kondo effect quantitatively and it offers a theoretical basis for similar calculations with larger and more complex molecules.

The first task, says Farrow, will be to verify the 2007 photosynthesis results; after this, the team will study the larger and more complex molecules involved in mitochondrial energy transfer.

To be degraded by the Exosome, RNA molecules have to be unfolded first — this task is executed by the Ski complex.

But, decades on from the discovery of the first molecular magnets, researchers still don't have a good understanding of how the individual spins in the complex molecules interact.

Those who view a complex machine and marvel at its intricate workings may similarly be enchanted to contemplate how DNA molecules, representing an unbroken chain of descent and modification from the first dividing cells, have produced the unimaginable diversity of forms of life.

Later, astronomers detected cyanoacetylene (HC3N), the first long - chain molecule detected in the interstellar medium, demonstrating that complex molecules could exist in space.

For the first time, astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, suggesting once again that the conditions that spawned our Earth and Sun are not unique in the universe.

This discovery is the GBT's first detection of new molecules, and is already helping astronomers better understand the complex processes by which large molecules form in space.

In 2010, she published evidence of the first regulators of this process: glial fibrillary acidic protein, or GFAP, stabilizes the complex, while GTP, a molecule involved in energy transfer in cells, promotes disassociation of the complex through a second regulatory protein, EF1α.