Researchers have done something nature never tried before, opening up a vast new world of exciting possibilities.

Common wisdom has it that protons only travel between molecules via hydrogen bonds: no hydrogen bonds, no proton transfer. Scientists investigating molecular components of RNA were surprised to ...

In biology, artificial intelligence provides a dramatic new turn — a window on the basic building blocks of life.

The spectrum of light emitted by tiny, simple molecules floating in the center of the galaxy could help solve one of life's greatest mysteries. The molecules that make up our world can be left- or ...

Chemistry professor Chris Chang’s lab studies the chemical biology of the elements, specifically examining the roles that copper, iron, and zinc play in biology across all kingdoms of life.

It recalls work accomplished by Arnold’s team last year, work in which bacteria were engineered to produce molecules with silicon–carbon bonds, called organosilicon compounds.

Seeing Biological Molecules at the Atomic Level: At Work with Christopher Lima, Structural Biology Chair.

Scientists have set up the microscopic equivalent of the Galapagos Islands -- an artificial ecosystem inside a test tube where molecules evolve to exploit distinct ecological niches, similar to ...

How do memories last a lifetime when the molecules that form them turn over within days, weeks or months? An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory.

Scientists have just broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule and synthesized a type of 3D, unstable molecule called an anti-Bredt olefin.

Scientists are showing that nature can evolve to incorporate silicon into carbon-based molecules — the building blocks of life on Earth.