Science Daily

Competing forces: How molecules maintain their structure

A double helix twisted around itself: this is the distinctive structure of DNA, which is made up of large molecules. Using synthetically produced molecules, chemists and physicists have investigated ...
Science Daily

Research team accelerates imaging techniques for capturing small molecules' structures

A new research effort is accelerating imaging techniques to visualize structures of small molecules clearly -- a process once thought impossible. Their discovery unleashes endless potential in ...
Nature

Principles for targeting RNA with drug-like small molecules

RNA molecules are essential for cellular information transfer and gene regulation, and RNAs have been implicated in many human diseases. Messenger and non-coding RNAs contain highly structured ...
Nanowerk

Researchers accelerate imaging techniques for capturing small molecules' structures with graphene

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering associate professor has teamed up with co-lead authors Blanka Janicek, a ’21 alumna and post-doc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in ...
C&EN

Machine learning streamlines electronic structure calculations for molecules

A machine learning approach could allow computers to determine the electronic structure of molecules without having to use the most resource-intensive equations of density functional theory, new ...
Labroots

Surprise! Sugar Molecules Can Form Rigid Structures After all

An oligosaccharide is a small polymer that typically has three to ten individual sugar molecules. Most naturally occurring oligosaccharides can be found in plants. For example, Raffinose, a ...
Daily Bruin

Researchers identify molecule’s structure, role in autoimmune conditions

UCLA researchers found the structure of a molecule that can trigger the overactivation of the immune system in autoimmune diseases. Gerard Wong, a bioengineering professor, discovered the structure ...
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These new molecules make cells burn more calories with less effort

Drug developers are racing to design molecules that coax our cells into burning more energy even when we are sitting still, ...
C&EN

A new map charts the territory of molecules’ odors

A new map charts a landscape of smell and can predict odor based on a molecule’s structure (Science 2023, DOI: 10.1126/science.ade4401). Aromas are tricky to quantify and categorize. In vision, colors ...

Q&A: The science of snowflakes—how hexagonal symmetry and environmental changes create endless designs

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...
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Illinois research team accelerates imaging techniques for capturing small molecules' structures

URBANA, Ill. — A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research effort led by Pinshane Huang is accelerating imaging techniques to visualize structures of small molecules clearly — a process once ...