An asteroid sample contains all the key components for life on Earth

DNA from a distance ...

Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry enables dual atom insertion to build bioactive molecules

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a boron-catalyzed method to transform oxetanes, ...

Asteroid contains all 5 genetic molecules required for life, says JAXA

A sample from the Ryugu asteroid has been revealed to contain all five “building blocks for life on Earth,” according to the ...
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AI model flags record dipole moments in unexpected diatomic molecules

A machine-learning model trained on fewer than 300 molecules has flagged diatomic pairs with record-high electric dipole ...
The Information

The Electric: The U.S. Is Good at Finding New Molecules. But Can it Turn Them Into Products?

In manufacturing, some factories use so few humans that operators can turn out the lights and save money on electricity. In ...

New AI model predicts record high dipole moments in unexpected molecules

Chemists may soon have one less rigorous step to worry about when searching for the right molecules to accomplish their ...

Most mass spectrometers can process just a few molecules at once: Reengineered prototype does a billion simultaneously

Mass spectrometry is already a powerful tool for determining what kind and how many molecules are present in a given sample.
Nature

Polymers with purpose: molecules can squirm free of the pack

When densely packed, long molecular chains, such as chromosomes, in living cells can crawl past their neighbours, computer ...
Science Daily

A lab mistake at Cambridge reveals a powerful new way to modify drug molecules

Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules at ...
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 ...
Forbes

Inflation Reduction Act Favors Biologics Over Small Molecules: In The Long Term, This Could Partly Undermine Bill’s Effort To Contain Costs

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 16: U.S. President Joe Biden (C) signs The Inflation Reduction Act with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) in the ...