Chemists at the University of Geneva and University of Pisa have crafted a novel family of chiral molecules whose mirror-image “handedness” remains rock-solid for tens of thousands of years. By ...

In the ongoing battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, MSU researchers have made a discovery that could reshape how we target deadly pathogens like staph infections.

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 ...

A fungus linked to the deaths of archaeologists who excavated the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the 1920s could be used to ...

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

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

Scientists identified the mechanism by which a sea cucumber molecule inhibits sulfatase-2, an enzyme that’s often upregulated ...

Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll ...

Controlling regioselectivity remains one of the major challenges in hydrocyanation. When an unsymmetrical alkyne undergoes ...

Molecular chaperones play a pivotal role in ensuring proper cellular protein homeostasis through their involvement in protein ...

In modern devices, such as phone screens or advanced sensors, light is often generated by pairs of organic molecules, where one molecule, known as ...

Drug discovery startup Synfini Inc. said today it has closed on an $8.9 million expansion funding round led by JSL Health ...