A study led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, using modeling techniques developed at the University of Oxford, ...

By exploring the properties, structures, and reactions of organic molecules, organic chemists can develop new materials, including drugs, fuels and plastics, and probe the underlying chemistry of life ...

A new study has uncovered an unprecedented richness of small organic molecules in the deeply obscured nucleus of a nearby galaxy. This provides new insights into how complex organic molecules and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. 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 ...

UCLA chemists proved that some of chemistry’s oldest rules can be broken—and new molecules emerge when they are.

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Researchers synthesized weird molecules that exist in three dimensions, breaking Bredt's rule and helping to develop future pharmaceuticals.

Attaching amino acids to a hydrophobic organic molecule allows them to self-assemble into rare, knotted structures with ...

Penn State researchers have uncovered a surprising twist in a foundational chemical reaction known as oxidative addition. Typically believed to involve transition metals donating electrons to organic ...