In drug discovery, building complex molecules quickly is the name of the game.

He received a 1992 Nobel Prize for developing a theory that explained fundamental processes behind photosynthesis, ...

Researchers have developed a visible-light-driven method that could help chemists build more complex drug-like molecules in ...

For the first time in history, astronomers have detected a sugar molecule floating among the gas clouds of interstellar space ...

Gold may have a secret self-defense system that helps it resist tarnishing. Researchers discovered that atoms on gold ...

A multi-wavelength image of the center of the Milky Way. Looks delicious. (NASA, ESA, SSC, CXC and STScI) The latest ...

Progress in chemistry is often gradual, with some of its most important advances taking years—sometimes decades—to unfold. A ...

Researchers have captured how a molecule redistributes energy after absorbing light, differentiating the roles of individual atoms in the process. They used X-ray flashes from the European XFEL to ...

Erythrulose—a sugar found in raspberries—is also prevalent in a giant molecular cloud close to our galaxy’s core, scientists ...

Sugars are crucial components of RNA and DNA, the basis of all known organisms alive today. In a new study, the sugar ...

A sugar found in raspberries and sunless tanning products has turned up near the Milky Way’s center. The discovery marks the ...