Electron spin may subtly break the symmetry between mirror-image molecules, helping explain why biology chose one molecular ...

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking ...

I n science, whether an anomaly is insignificant or the basis for a promising new field of study can boil down to the ...

Creating complex molecules usually requires years of experience and countless decisions, but a new AI system is changing that ...

A new statistical method to identify extraterrestrial life by looking at the "biodiversity" of molecules rather than the ...

Many properties of molecules cannot be predicted from the properties of the atoms they consist of. These properties only ...

A molecule is a group of atoms bonded together. Molecules make up nearly everything around you – your skin, your chair, even your food. They vary in size, but are extremely small. You can’t see an ...

A new breakthrough by University of Chicago chemists shows how to easily customize molecules by swapping carbon-oxygen pairs ...

Dark matter particles could be mediators of the interaction between electrons and atomic nuclei, as shown by a study conducted by junior group leader, Dr. Konstantin Gaul, Dr. Lei Cong, and Professor ...

EM, researchers showed that water mediates catalysis and important protein interactions for RNA polymerase II function in ...

Small molecules have critical roles at all levels of biological complexity and yet remain orphans of the central dogma. Chemical biologists, working with small molecules, expand our understanding of ...