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 ...

Entropy gets a bad rap. Typically associated with randomness and chaos, it can also correlate with freedom and diversity.

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

Misshapen proteins cause a mess of trouble—particularly in neurodegenerative diseases. But a new study suggests it's possible ...

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 ...

CoCoGraph uses a diffusion model, a technique common in image generation, to generate realistic molecules for therapeutics ...

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

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 ...