Conversion without transition metals In order to activate small molecules and convert them into more complex compounds, it is usually necessary to utilise certain metals that are known as transition ...

The discipline of systems chemistry deals with the analysis and synthesis of various autocatalytic systems and is therefore closely related to the study of the origin of life, since it investigates ...

Companies spend huge resources going to the far reaches of the Earth to search for the next blockbuster. But we need look no further than our own intestines, which are populated with thousands of ...

Proteins that are no longer needed, defective, or potentially harmful are labeled with a molecular "tag" and dismantled in ...

A new gel made from porous nanosheets releases small neutral molecules in hours but holds charged molecules for weeks, ...

A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 36 Not too long ago, these small-molecule drugs looked as if they were going out of fashion. Advances in biotechnology enabled pharmaceutical ...

Three researchers won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their discovery of methods to “click” molecular building blocks together, forming complex molecules that can be used to develop ...

The process of identifying promising small molecule drug candidates that target cancer checkpoints may become faster and smarter through virtual screening, according to Weill Cornell Medicine ...