Popular Science, August 1991 This past weekend, British chemist Sir Harry Kroto passed away at the age of 76. He is the co-discoverer of buckyballs, a form of carbon that is made up of 60 atoms ...

Ultrashort, high-intensity X-ray laser pulses trigger controlled explosions of molecules – making it possible to capture high-resolution images of molecular structures.

Light microscopes have revolutionized our understanding of the microcosmos, but their resolution is limited to about 100 nanometers. To see how molecules bond, break, or change their structure, we ...

Tweaking a molecule's structure can send it down a different path to crystallization Insights could lead to better control of drug development, energy technologies -- and food Date: April 17, 2017 ...

Structure of the molecular machine that links carbohydrate and lipid metabolism Date: April 3, 2019 Source: VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) Summary: A research team has unraveled ...

The company said it plans to develop its new Chai‑2 platform to design, from square one, completely new antibodies for ...

Scientists have determined for the first time the structure of the molecule associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple other neurodegenerative diseases. The scientists at the ...

DNA is a biological molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to function, develop, and reproduce. It is present in all forms of life on earth and contains each organism’s ...

Nature contains a special kind of Lego brick: biological molecules, peptides to be exact, that can be built together to form a wide range of complex structures. Unlike the popular toy bricks, however, ...