Researchers at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound that may help fight ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating a new type of molecular structure that has been used to ...

Japan's Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar M. Yaghi on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with Chemical & Engineering News associate editor Brianna Barbu about her article diving into the new and exciting frontier of the ...

Despite being made from a relatively simple set of building blocks, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has a broad array of complex responsibilities. From providing structure to carrying the instructions for ...

In a first that could change how scientists study the building blocks of life, ETH Zurich researchers have shown that molecular ‘handedness’ is not just structural but also electronic. By using ...

Chiral gold nanostars show how molecular asymmetry transfers to high-symmetry nanoparticles, producing structures with distinctive optical behavior and enhanced molecular detection. (Nanowerk ...

When Thomas Hummel gets a whiff of an unripe, green tomato, he finds himself in his childhood home in Bavaria. Under the tilted ceilings of the bedroom that he shared with his two older brothers, ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. In molecular dynamics (MD), the accessible time scales are limited by the necessity to ...

Our memories define us. They help us learn, shape our identities, and guide decisions. While the psychology of memory has long been explored, the biological roots remain a complex puzzle. Now, a ...

Open annotations (there are currently 0 annotations on this page). Whether a protein can properly carry out its role in a cell heavily depends on its unique three-dimensional shape. To understand the ...

The shape of tiny silver seeds made of fewer than 200 atoms depends on their precise size and temperature and defines the shape of the final nanoparticle. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have long known ...