Carolyn Bertozzi and colleagues laid out a way to make paradigm-shifting "click-chemistry" compatible with living cells, ...

A new quantum computing protocol may be able to augment a standard technique for understanding molecules in chemistry, ...

They're important to scientists because they're the chemical precursors to the molecules that build life, such as amino acids ...

Click chemistry is a field in which molecular building blocks snap together. Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday for their work in making molecules "click." Two Americans, K.

Recent studies of Saturn’s moon Titan have unveiled a surprising twist in the tale of extraterrestrial chemistry. The icy ...

A particular cornerstone of prebiotic chemistry is hydrogen cyanide, which, under the right conditions, forms compounds that ...

A research group led by The University of Osaka has achieved a world-first in catalytic asymmetric synthesis, developing an innovative method for efficiently producing NOBIN, a valuable molecule used ...

Led by Joe Fox, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, the fresh funding will enable continued and sustained work at the ...

Titan’s harsh chemistry breaks basic rules, offering new clues about how life’s building blocks might form in space.

The discovery that molecules of methane and ethane can worm their way into the crystal lattice of frozen hydrogen cyanide has ...