A strange molecular pattern, first mistaken for an error, led researchers to an unexpected discovery: molecules forming ...

Is it possible to tile a surface with a single shape in such a way that the pattern never repeats itself? In 2022, a mathematical solution to this 'Einstein problem' was discovered for the first time.

Scientists warn of taking mirror molecules too far. Learn more about their benefits and risks.

Each molecule has a central carbon atom with other atom groups attached, oriented in one direction or the reverse. This property, called chirality, is like a left and right hand: They're similar, but ...

It's important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the ...

To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a robot looking for microbes, it would be easier and cheaper to make the ...

Certain advanced technologies, such as 3D displays, biosensing, and security printing, can utilize circularly polarized ...

In a study appearing in Nature Chemistry, researchers at the UC Davis Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics report the successful total synthesis of ibogaine, ibogaine analogues and related ...

Since in nature electrons are transferred through chiral systems, we probed if chirality affects the formation of paired electrons with the same spin, namely, a triplet like state. The model ...