Fred Hutch researchers report in Nature that a single transfer RNA, tRNA1Arg(UCU), controls whether prostate cancer cells ...
Researchers used XFEL technology to observe the enzyme isopenicillin N synthase as it converts its linear peptide substrate into the ring system of penicillin.
A new Nature study shows that the dosage of a single transfer RNA, tRNA1Arg(UCU), acts as a reversible molecular switch ...
Russian scientists have found a way to increase the effectiveness of the domestic antiviral drug Triazavirin. They modified the drug molecule, enhancing its ability to prevent the pathogen from ...
Hydrogen is the simplest element in the periodic table, consisting of just one proton and one electron. In chemistry, however ...
Certain molecules exist in two forms — like your left and right hands. But the building blocks of life use only one. The ...
Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological ...
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize for discoveries explaining how chemical reactions can favor one mirror-image form of a molecule.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Professor Emeritus Kenso Soai of the Tokyo University of Science and Henri ...
From thalidomide to resveratrol, molecules with the exact same chemical properties can have drastically different effects in ...
Kenso Soai has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research that helped reveal how tiny imbalances between mirror-image molecules can be amplified through chemical reactions, offering new ...
Designerly's Cooper Adwin looks at why generative AI Is re-engineering skin rejuvenation and phasing out animal collagen.