FOR much of the past century, the global order has oscillated between distinct poles of power. The ideological, technological and geopolitical rivalry between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War ...

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The realm of chemical bonds can seem like a complex dance of atoms, but understanding the fundamentals is key to grasping the properties of molecules and materials around us. One of the most ...

Scientists created amphiphilic MXene that disperses in water and organic solvents, enabling coatings, EMI shielding, and battery applications at scale. (Nanowerk News) Dr. Seon Joon Kim and his team ...

For the all-atom direction loss, the description in the paper is as follows: “For each atom with at least two covalent bonds, compute a normal (z-axis) vector to the plane spanned by its first two ...

One class of drugs that has shown promise in treating diseases ranging from lung cancer to COVID-19 are targeted covalent inhibitors (TCIs). These small molecule drugs form covalent bonds with their ...

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A structure of the drug ibrutinib. The drug ibrutinib makes a covalent bond to Bruton's tyrosine kinase, an important cancer target. Credit: RCSB PDB/Yang H. Ku Enticing atoms to share their electrons ...