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NASA Experiment Shows that Sugar Molecules can Form in Space
In a laboratory experiment that mimics space-like conditions, NASA astrophysicists are able to create sugar molecules. This sugar is not the white, crystalline one that we use to make cookies or add...
NASA Experiment Shows that Sugar Molecules can Form in Space
In a laboratory experiment that mimics space-like conditions, NASA astrophysicists are able to create sugar molecules. This sugar is not the white, crystalline one that we use to make cookies or add...
Molecule-level ‘CT scans’ could lead to faster drug discovery
Scientists like to use x-rays when determining chemical structures to develop drugs, but it's an agonizingly slow process. As they need large, pure crystals, it can take weeks or even years to produce something big enough for studying. However, th...
Complex Organic Molecules are Bubbling up from Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
The search for alien life has taken a major step forward with the discovery of complex organic molecules on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. By using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers have...
Complex Organic Molecules are Bubbling up from Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
The search for alien life has taken a major step forward with the discovery of complex organic molecules on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. By using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers have...
IBM’s simulated molecule could lead to drug and energy advances
IBM's quantum computer has made a small advance that could ultimately lead to a major chemistry breakthrough. A team of IBM researchers has successfully used IBM Q to accurately simulate the molecular structure of beryllium hydride (BeH2), the larges...
Scientists use molecular ‘sieve’ to purify water
Researchers have taken a major step forward in making previously undrinkable water drinkable, therefore tackling one of the biggest challenges faced by the planet -- some 1.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water (a number which is set t...
Crowdsourced research predicts what molecules smell like
As of now, the only way to tell how something smells is to actually take a sniff. That is to say, there's no observable, scientific measure we know of that can predict how we'll perceive a specific odor. In comparison, things are a little more cut an...
Research Confirms New Molecules Have Potential to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Studies have taken place that show how new molecules could potentially cure Alzheimer’s disease. Termed neuro-protectors, they are antagonists to the 5-HT6R receptor.This research effort has a lot of...