Proteins are constantly moving, but our structures of them are static. Clare Sansom talks to the researchers using ...

One of the greatest revolutions in the field of pain medication was the isolation of morphine from the opium poppy in the ...

Chirality: like a right hand and a left hand, two molecules can have the same composition, but a different shape and ...

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

A molecular motor (blue) is rotated by oxidation with an enzyme (green), followed by reduction with ammonia borane (yellow).

Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material. But buried deep ...

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 ...

This study systematically investigates the cytotoxicity evolution of protonated carbon nitride toward red blood cells and ...

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Platinum selenaide is a two-dimensional material formed by the layered combination of platinum (Pt) and selenium (Se). It is ...

Cancer researchers have discovered something remarkable hiding in plain sight: a common bacteria used to make sauerkraut and ...