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The story of a cancer-fighting molecule that took half a century to build is really a story about how slow, stubborn ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown natural compound produced by heat-loving cyanobacteria that helps protect against ultraviolet radiation.

An estimated 2.8 million people in the U.S. contract infections each year from bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. More than 35,000 of them die.

Chemists have achieved a new feat in the realm of chemical design and synthesis: They've helped create the first example of a synthetic molecule, with an asymmetric oxygen atom as its centerpiece, ...

Scientists recently created a never-before-seen four-atom molecule — the coldest of its kind ever made. Researchers created the oddball molecule — a strange configuration of sodium-potassium with an ...

Chemists have synthesized a "super alcohol" previously thought to be too unstable to exist. The molecule was formed under extreme, "space-like" conditions and may shed light on the complex reactions ...

Researchers flip the switch at the nanoscale by applying light to induce bonding for single-molecule device switching. In a new Nature Communications study, Columbia Engineering researchers report ...

The first clear picture ever made of a molecule was last week shown on a lantern slide. Some of the ablest U.S. scientists—members of the American Philosophical Society, founded 198 years ago by ...

For more than 50 years, scientists have sought alternatives to silicon for building molecular electronics. The vision was ...

The idea of democratising science can refer to different things. For example, by ‘democratising science’ one may refer to the ...

Scientists have identified a new ultraviolet‑absorbing compound in microscopic algae that functions as a natural shield ...