For decades, scientists have thought they understood the biochemical machinery that causes asthma—inflammation in the lungs ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.

Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are fascinating states of matter that emerge when atoms or molecules are cooled to extremely ...

Leo Gross is a physicist who has devoted his career to studying the fundamental secrets of chemistry—that is, how atoms and molecules behave and interact with one another. As leader of IBM’s atom and ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life's building blocks have ...

Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom's nucleus, using the atom's own electrons as "messengers" ...

In recent years, polyphenols have gained significant attention in the health and wellness community. These naturally occurring compounds, found abundantly in fruits, vegetables, tea, coffee, and wine ...

Lexington, Va. (WSET) — A professor at the Virginia Military Institute is part of a team that just discovered new molecules in a space cloud within the Milky Way galaxy. Major Christopher ...