In nature, molecules often show a strong preference for partnering with other molecules that share the same chirality or handedness. A behavior that is quite evident in the phenomenon known as ...

A new class of organometallic compound has been made that has a distinctive geometry and electronic structure — with potential for catalysis and materials science. The interaction between the metal ...

Scientists create powerful metallic antibiotics using robotic chemistry, capable of eliminating lethal bacteria without ...

Metal complexes have emerged as versatile tools to replicate the catalytic functions of natural phosphatase enzymes. By tuning the coordination environment and leveraging diverse ligand frameworks, ...

Antibiotic resistance is steadily eroding one of modern medicine’s most essential tools. Each year, more than a million people lose their lives to infections that were once easily treatable, a ...

Highly reactive complex molecules finding some sort of stability was a necessary step towards life getting started on Earth. Scientists think they've just discovered how these first began to stay ...

Scientists have long considered ketones (a fundamental chemical class) and esters (molecules formed when an acid reacts with an alcohol) to be locked treasure chests of possibilities. Ubiquitous as ...

Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain. The probe would follow its quarry, a comet called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, for ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.