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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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In certain scenarios, nearly half of the modeled particles transported newly created organic molecules from the broader protosolar nebula into Jupiter's circumplanetary disk, where they were incorporated into the growing moons with little chemical change.

From Science Daily

Another advantage of metal-organic frameworks: You can create them using a huge variety of metals and organic molecules.

From The Wall Street Journal

By modeling how radiation gradually destroys organic molecules, they calculated how much material would have existed before being degraded.

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The researchers emphasize that further experiments are necessary to understand how quickly organic molecules break down in Mars like rocks under Mars like environmental conditions.

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Published in Nature Astronomy, the findings shed light on how carbon and complex organic molecules behave in some of the harshest environments in the Universe.

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