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Figuring out the 3-D shape of molecules with a push of a button

A team of researchers has developed a program that automates the process of figuring out a molecule's three-dimensional structure. The technique compresses a process that usually takes days into ...
EDN

Molecules shift shape to perform as switches

A US-based research team has developed a laser technique that enables individual molecules to change their shape, a step that may enable molecules to perform specific functions such as switching. The ...
The New York Times

A.I. Predicts the Shapes of Molecules to Come

DeepMind has given 3-D structure to 350,000 proteins, including every one made by humans, promising a boon for medicine and drug design. By Cade Metz For some years now John McGeehan, a biologist and ...
Purdue University

Lasers coax large molecules to change their shape

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Lasers are used to carry out functions ranging from reading a bar code label at the grocery store to shooting down enemy missiles in space. Now, chemists at Purdue University ...
Gizmodo

This Tiny “Nano-Wrench” Can Twist Molecules Into Custom Shapes

If engineers ever hope to build structures at the nanoscale, they’re going to need very, very tiny fingers. Or at least very tiny tools. By building a wrench that’s just 1.7 nanometers across, ...
Science Daily

The shape of water: What water molecules look like on the surface of materials

Water is a familiar substance that is present virtually everywhere. The properties of the first few layers of water molecules in contact with the surface of materials (called 'surface water') are ...
Nature

Separating molecules by their shapes can purify natural gas

Natural gas is an abundant energy source that has a large role in the global transition to net-zero emissions (refs 1, 2 and go.nature.com/3nabv2x). But the methane ...
Nature

Assembly-line synthesis of organic molecules with tailored shapes

Molecular ‘assembly lines’, in which organic molecules undergo iterative processes such as chain elongation and functional group manipulation, are found in many natural systems, including polyketide ...
EurekAlert!

Figuring out the 3-D shape of molecules with a push of a button

An international team of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University chemist Roberto R. Gil and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco chemist Armando Navarro-Vázquez has developed a program that ...
Nanowerk

The shape of water: what water molecules look like on the surface of graphene

(Nanowerk News) Water is a familiar substance that is present virtually everywhere. The properties of the first few layers of water molecules in contact with the surface of materials (called 'surface ...
Nanowerk

Figuring out the 3-D shape of molecules with a push of a button

(Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University chemist Roberto R. Gil and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco chemist Armando Navarro-Vázquez has developed a ...
EurekAlert!

The shape of water: What water molecules look like on the surface of materials

Understanding the various molecular interactions and structures that arise among surface water molecules would enable scientists and engineers to develop all sorts of ...