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Science has a need to verify results, but DeepMind’s protein prediction tool doesn’t work this way.
Molecules are often separated by their size, shape or other properties.
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Around half of US industrial energy use goes toward separating molecules in industrial processes. Developing materials that can withstand harsh industrial conditions can help increase efficiency.
J. Robert Oppenheimer is responsible for a fundamental idea in the field of quantum chemistry.
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Remember building model molecules with balls and sticks in chemistry class? You have J. Robert Oppenheimer to thank for that, as a quantum chemist explains.
Click chemistry joins molecules together by reacting an azide with a cyclooctyne.
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Click and bioorthogonal chemistry has enabled researchers to closely study how molecules work in their natural state in living organisms, with applications that span from cancer treatment to polymers.
A nanographene molecule imaged by noncontact atomic force microscopy.
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A physicist explains how atoms arrange themselves into molecules – and how scientists are able to image these tiny bits of matter that make up everything around you.
Molecular research like that conducted at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria is key to medical breakthroughs.
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Molecular research is expensive, but worth it because of the burden of disease that it could relieve.
Maple syrup contains bioactive molecules whose benefits go far beyond the simple pleasure of a sweet treat.
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Apart from being a jewel of Canada’s culinary heritage, maple syrup has a complex chemical constitution.
It can stretch your mind to ponder what’s really out there.
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Astronomers know a lot about what’s in outer space – and think it’s possible it never ends.
Light from our setting sun reflecting off storm clouds can give off a some vivid shades of pinks, purples and oranges.
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It’s all to do with the light from the Sun and a blanket of air wrapped around Earth called the ‘atmosphere’.
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Pink blood, green blood, or no blood at all – when it comes to what’s inside a worm’s body, the answer is more complicated – and fascinating – than you’d think.
Lasers create colorful light shows at concerts, are used by doctors in surgeries – and are used in scientific laboratories.
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Physicists can use bright, hot lasers to slow atoms down so much that they measure -459 degrees Fahrenheit.
Through the wonders of chemistry, molecules can be rearranged to completely transform color.
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A simple chemical reaction turns the red pigment of beets into a new, nontoxic blue dye.
Gravity helps stars to form.
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Gravity exists because the universe is full of ‘stuff’ – here’s how it came to be.
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Everything you can touch is made of molecules – but feelings, sound and light are something different.
A 3D rendering of an orange carotenoid protein, whose secrets are slowly being unlocked.
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When two proteins interact with each other they behave in their own molecular lives.
Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists on Oct. 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m. The time and date are derived from Avogadro’s number.
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Chemists sure know how to party. And here is the proof. On October 23rd they celebrate their hallowed unit: the mole. Find out what that’s all about.
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Put simply, it’s the outcome of a chemical reaction, which humans learned how to make some 400,000 years ago.
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That pre-sleep herbal tea may be doing many people a lot of good.
Will blue packets replace pink ones soon?
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Medicinal chemists are tweaking a natural molecule that can be a deadly poison – a modified version might work as a nonhormonal male contraceptive.
Mine’s a Star-opramen.
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It’s like one great big distillery up there.