Scientists studying Bennu samples have discovered that its chemistry is far from uniform. Organic compounds and minerals ...

Biophysical chemistry is the study of the physical properties of biological macromolecules at either a chemical sequence level or a more global structural level. Biophysical chemistry is also used to ...

The mid-nineteenth century saw the development of a radical new direction in chemistry: instead of simply analyzing existing molecules, chemists began to synthesize them—including molecules that did ...

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The way a key cellular motor works at an atomic level has been uncovered by simulations conducted by RIKEN biophysicists.

Peptides like insulin and the now-ubiquitous GLP-1 drugs have become some of the most influential molecules in modern ...

Assembly Theory shifts the search for life from identifying specific molecules to measuring chemical complexity, offering a ...

No, this isn’t science fiction. Real-life researchers taught a dish of roughly 200,000 living human brain cells to play the classic 1990s computer game “Doom.” Experts at Cortical Labs, an Australian ...

A multidisciplinary research team has identified a faster way to determine which airborne chemicals pose a threat to human lungs. Led by an environmental health researcher with the Texas A&M ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is banning transgender women from competing in all female events. The restriction applies to eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games, ...

We explore what allosteric modulators are, their benefits and drawbacks, and which candidates are currently advancing through ...

In a natural product whodunit, researchers hunt down the true source of antiviral action hiding in a plant-derived sample of isoquercitrin. The new family of antivirals they find, ...