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What is the chemical origin of life?

Double resonance spectroscopy reveals details of fundamental interactions between isolated RNA bases.

What makes a peptide fold?

IR-R2PI spectroscopy together with quantum calulations identifies shapes of small peptides, isolated in the gas phase.

What did people drink 4000 years ago?

Laser mass spectrometry detects trace compounds for beverage residues in archeological artifacrs

How is the machinery of life protected from UV radiative damage?

Sub-picosecond laser spectroscopy reveals DNA excited state dynamics.