Same radical, different paths: X-ray snapshots reveal how neighboring molecules shape its movement

Chemical reactions have their own "impatient molecules." Unable to stay still even for a moment, they latch onto other ...

Mirror-image molecules are difficult to separate from their counterparts, but a new catalytic method might be the answer

Just like gloves, molecules can have left- and right-handed—or mirror-image—forms. Because the left- and right-handed ...

Mars’s Ancient Clay Holds the Same Organic Molecules That May Have Sparked Life on Earth

The team operating a remote chemistry lab onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover won a Gizmodo Science Fair award for discovering compelling chemical evidence that Mars could have once supported life.
Nature

Controlling single polyatomic molecules in an optical array for quantum applications

Applications from quantum computing to searches for physics beyond the standard model could benefit from precision control of polyatomic molecules. A method of confining and manipulating single ...
Phys.org

Physicists 'entangle' individual molecules for the first time, hastening possibilities for quantum computing

For the first time, a team of Princeton physicists have been able to link together individual molecules into special states that are quantum mechanically "entangled." In these bizarre states, the ...
Science Daily

Learning the language of molecules to predict their properties

A new framework uses machine learning to simultaneously predict molecular properties and generate new molecules using only a small amount of data for training ...

Controlled vapor treatment guides molecules into highly oriented soft quasicrystals

Molecules can spontaneously organize into complex, ordered structures through a process known as self-assembly. Among these ...
Princeton University

Physicists ‘entangle’ individual molecules for the first time, bringing about a new platform for quantum science

In a noteworthy first, a team of Princeton physicists has been able to link together individual molecules into special states that are quantum mechanically “entangled.” In these bizarre states, the ...
Nature

Small molecules articles from across Nature Portfolio

A study now shows that small molecules can restore catalytic activity while simultaneously shifting KRAS toward its inactive state, identifying an unexpected strategy to target previously untreatable ...
Science Daily

Chemists create organic molecules in a rainbow of colors

Chemists have now come up with a way to make molecules known as acenes more stable, allowing them to synthesize acenes of varying lengths. Using their new approach, they were able to build molecules ...
CNN

Webb telescope detects organic molecules in distant galaxy

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have detected the most ...
Washington Post

Feeling old? Your molecules change rapidly around ages 44 and 60.

For many, middle age is associated with midlife crises and internal tumult. According to new research, it is also when the human body undergoes two dramatic bouts of rapid physical transformation on a ...