#Acids

The custom drinks made with sugars, flavorings, acids, and omega-3 fatty acids provide both nutrition and variety.

The trick isn't to just search for biosignatures, but rather to look at how they are organized — and the Europa Clipper has an instrument for this.

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized.…

The synthetic bacteria push the limits of life and could open the door to designer proteins and new medicines.

One of life's many mysteries is how it ended up choosing only a set of 20 amino acids to build proteins for its wide catalog of organisms, from single-celled bacteria to behemoth whales.…

From Ars Technica: Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids

Just running an apocalypse survival scenario in my head and thinking how to make acids. Bases are easy just apply electricity to a salt solution. But I was struggling to find a simple way to make acids