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Chemists at the University of Geneva and University of Pisa have crafted a novel family of chiral molecules whose ...

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Can you imagine a life-saving molecule whose “twin” is a deadly poison? As surprising as it may seem, this chemical reality is known as “chirality”. Like a right hand and a left hand, two molecules ...

Researchers have developed a new family of remarkably stable chiral molecules. This work opens up new prospects for the ...

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