Scientists in Japan have uncovered a surprising twist, literally, in how molecules organize themselves. By introducing tiny leftover fragments from previous assemblies, they discovered a way to flip ...

The diverse chiral space covered by enzymes can also ... and especially for chemical biologists working at the interface of chemistry and biology.

Self-assembly or self-organization in molecular science refers to the phenomena where molecules spontaneously gather and form ...

A group of researchers including scientists of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo have uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping the building blocks of life ...

Chemists and chemical engineers at California Institute of Technology, working with a pair of colleagues from the University ...

And together, the enantiomers might produce effects that are not common to either alone," says Isiah Warner, chairman of the chemistry department at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Chirality, a property found in many molecules, plays a crucial role in areas such as chemistry, biology, and pharmacology. However, the measurement of chiral optical signals can be challenging ...

A new study has uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping life’s earliest molecular structures, shedding light on ...

Calcium-poor settings, such as some lakes or ponds, may have promoted homochiral polymers, while calcium-rich environments might have favoured mixed-chirality polymers. Beyond chemistry ...