Researchers describe how they deciphered the genes of a common mold, to discover a previously unreported enzyme that ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world’s first ‘molecular robot’ that is capable of performing basic tasks including building other molecules. The tiny robots, which are a ...

The team used 3D visualisations of TLE1 to determine what shape the molecule needed to be in order to bind tightly to it, and stop the protein from doing its job. They then used a process called ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes an organism's genetic blueprint. In other words, DNA contains all of the information required to build and maintain an organism. DNA was ...

The jury found asymmetric organocatalysis was “a new and ingenious tool for molecule building,” which has also helped in the development of plastics, perfumes and flavors. The technique has ...

A rare molecule called cyclopropenylidene has been ... sitting on Titan’s surface could be the same ones that formed the building block of life on Earth 3.8 to 2.5 billion years ago.