Scientists have uncovered a strange hidden structure formed during the creation of metallocenes, a class of sandwich-like ...

The shape of life’s building blocks is the result of biology, chemistry, and quantum physics colliding.

Researchers have developed a light-driven method for creating tiny, high-energy “housane” molecules that are valuable for ...

Florida State University chemists have synthesized new molecules derived from bacteria found in a Pacific Ocean sea sponge, a ...

The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been observed before on the red planet.

In a new discovery, researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Weizmann Institute of Science have found that something in the direction of a magnetic field can influence how molecules ...

We are all stardust — but how that stardust became life on Earth is a mystery. The complexity of just one of your cells, where little proteins walk with cargo on their backs and enzymes zip along your ...

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When we catch a whiff of perfume or indulge in a scented candle, we are smelling much more than Floral Fantasy or Lavender Vanilla. We are actually detecting odor molecules that enter our nose and ...

Do re mi, X-ray, MRI. Are molecules musical as well as scientific? WonderLab says yes. What do molecules sound like? Although others have done molecule-sound work, college undergrad Walker Smith is ...