UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids—the building blocks of ...

The basic molecules that make up all living things have a predetermined chirality or "handedness," similar to the way people are right or left handed. This chirality has a profound influence on the ...

The basic molecules of life are scattered through the universe, collecting in faraway galactic clouds, on passing comets and asteroids, and on the planets here in our solar system. But scientists ...

The simple molecule carbon monoxide (CO) can be used as the starting point for synthesizing a specific organic compound called anionic ketenes, according to research from Germany’s Ruhr University ...

Chemists in Ohio have discovered that half of all of the known chemical compounds in the world have an amazing similarity in sharing only 143 basic molecular shapes. Chemists in Ohio have discovered ...

Drug developers are racing to design molecules that coax our cells into burning more energy even when we are sitting still, turning basic biology into a new front in the fight against obesity and ...

ARGONNE, Ill. (December 1, 2008) — The basic molecules that make up all living things have a predetermined chirality or "handedness," similar to the way people are right- or left-handed. This ...