Amino acids reduce symptoms of alcohol abuse, intoxication and withdrawal Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are often deficient in alcoholics because of chronic malnutrition and ...

Lithium-ion batteries power our daily lives, from smartphones to electric cars. However, as demand grows, so does the problem of e-waste. Discarded batteries release toxic chemicals that contaminate ...

NASA has confirmed that dust from the ancient asteroid Bennu contains tryptophan, an amino acid tied both to human mood and ...

Synthetic biology has become a catch-all term for attempts to engineer organisms to do things they normally wouldn't. Efforts so far have ranged from assembling logic circuits inside bacteria to ...

Researchers say the latest discovery is particularly significant because tryptophan has never before been detected in ...

Proteins are the molecular machines that make all living things hum. They stop deadly infections, heal cells, capture energy from the sun and so much more. Proteins are built by stringing together ...

A big question in the origin of life on Earth is why it is based solely on "left-handed" amino acids. Studies on asteroid Bennu's chemical building blocks deepens the mystery. Credit: Christoph ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for ...

Researchers have made a major advance, discovering that a low-dose mixture of zinc, serine, and branch-chain amino acids (BCAAs) can successfully alleviate behavioral symptoms in three different mouse ...