This resulted in the complex molecules needed for life on Earth.

这就产生了地球上生命所需的复杂分子。

Is its a critical component for synthesizing proteins and other complex molecules.

氨是合成蛋白质和其他复杂分子的关键成分。

And in many cases this dust is laced with complex molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

在许多情况下，这些尘埃中还夹杂着一种叫做多环芳烃的复杂分子。

However, these simple compounds that our cells use are usually trapped in more complex molecules.

然而，我们细胞使用的这些简单化合物通常被困在更复杂的分子中。

It's a large, complex molecule that carries a genetic information that determines the characteristics of living things.

它是一种大而复杂的分子，携带着决定生物特征的遗传信息。

This geological process created complex molecules of hydrogen and carbon.

这个地质过程产生了复杂的氢和碳分子。

This is because predicting how complex molecules behave is really difficult.

这是因为预测复杂分子的行为方式非常困难。

For example, food made of complex molecules, like an apple, requires a lot of different microbial workers to break it down.

譬如说，由复杂分子构成的食物，比如苹果，需要许多不同的微生物同时分解。

But we're starting to realize that bits are really poor at simulating complex molecules and particles.

但是我们开始意识到比特在模拟复杂分子和粒子方面确实很差。

They digest those complex molecules and in return feed the baby special fatty acids, even donate a nutrient needed in growing brains.

他们消化这些复杂的分子，作为回报，喂养婴儿特殊的脂肪酸，甚至给予大脑发育所需的营养。

They drive really important processes in soil, they take organic matter and convert it into complex carbon molecules.

它们在土壤中驱动非常重要的过程，它们吸收有机物并将其转化为复杂的碳分子。

Some of the earliest evidence for life on Earth contains a complex molecule called Ribonucleic acid, or RNA.

地球上存在生命的一些最早证据包含一种称为核糖核酸或 RNA 的复杂分子。

Some of the carbon takes the form of complex organic molecules, such as amino acids—the ingredients for proteins.

一些碳以复杂有机分子的形式出现，例如氨基酸——蛋白质的成分。

It needs the help, because your DNA is an incredibly complex molecule -- and it’s also really, REALLY long.

它需要帮助， 因为你的 DNA 是一个非常复杂的分子— —而且它真的非常长。

Every organism on Earth, from the smallest bacterium to enormous elephants, break complex molecules into simple ones to harness the energy to sustain life.

地球上的每一种生物，小到细菌，大到巨象，都会把复杂的分子分解成小分子来获得能量、维持生命。

In the womb, a fetus floats in watery amniotic fluid filled with a bunch of complex molecules that help its development.

在子宫中，胎儿漂浮在羊水中， 羊水中充满了一堆有助于其发育的复杂分子。

Enzymes can both activate drugs, by breaking them down into their therapeutic ingredients from more complex molecules, and deactivate them, by breaking harmful compounds down into harmless metabolites.

酶可以通过将药物从复杂的分子结构降解至有效治疗成分从而激活药物；也可以通过将有害的化合物分解成无害的代谢物，从而失活药物。

The authors explained that the discovery of these more complex molecules in the interstellar medium may reveal clues about the origins of our planet and the life upon it.

作者解释说，在星际介质中发现这些更复杂的分子，可能会揭示出有关我们星球及其上生命起源的线索。

If they have a carbon atom in them then they're complex organic molecules, so things like very simple alcohols like methanol or ethanol, like what you would drink, are complex organic molecules.

如果分子里面有碳原子，那么它们就是复杂的有机分子，所以像结构非常单一的酒精，比如甲醇或乙醇，比如你喝的酒，都是复杂的有机分子。

Ice is not a biomolecule, but when it mixes with carbon, the atoms in ice molecules change to produce complex molecules – and that's when interesting things start to happen.

冰不是生物分子，但当它与碳混合时，冰分子中的原子会发生变化，产生复杂的分子，——然后有趣的事情就开始发生了。