What came first, life or evolution? Self-replicating molecules demonstrate basic principles of Darwinian evolution
We know that Darwinian evolution acts on all forms of life, but does evolution act on non-living materials as well?
The 'molecular catapult effect': New analytical method visualizes the ultrafast dissociation of molecules
For the first time, an international team has tracked at BESSY II how heavy molecules—in this case ...
Chemists find alkyl groups are electron-withdrawing, challenging a century-old belief
Scientists are calling for changes to chemistry textbooks after discovering a fundamental aspect of structural organic ...
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‘Forever’ chemicals can be destroyed with clever chemistry — now test these techniques outside the lab
C–F bonds in pharmaceuticals allow molecules to remain stable ... but large-scale roll out will need regulatory input. A lot ...
Biomolecules under deep Earth conditions help refine primordial soup theory for possible origins of life
A collaborative research team has made significant progress in studying the abiotic synthesis and stability of biomolecules ...
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Ultrafast dissociation of molecules studied at BESSY II
For the first time, an international team has tracked at BESSY II how heavy molecules – in this case bromochloromethane – disintegrate into smaller fragments when they absorb X-ray light. Using a ...
This Chemistry Breakthrough Might Change Everything From Medicine to Farming
Scientists have introduced triazenolysis, a groundbreaking chemical process that transforms alkenes into multifunctional ...
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AI tool learns to build molecules fragment by fragment
Software tasked with designing a type-II kinase inhibitor suggests 97 candidates in 10 minutes, three of which were both ...
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USTC finds γ rays drive the conversion of aqueous-phase methane to complex organic molecules including glycine
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have discovered that gamma rays can convert aqueous-phase ...