• Scientists just changed the nature of matter with a flash of light
    Friday, October 24, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Researchers in Konstanz discovered a way to manipulate materials with light by exciting magnon pairs, reshaping their magnetic “fingerprint.” This allows non-thermal control of magnetic states and data transmission at terahertz speeds....
  • Chemists create publicly available tool that provides unrivaled look at RNA inside cells
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    The interior of a cell is packed with proteins and nucleic acids, such as RNA, all of which need to perform specific functions at the exact right time. If they don't, serious diseases—ALS, Huntington's or many cancers—can result. But...
  • The key to civet coffee is in the chemistry
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Coffee beans harvested from the feces of the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) may have higher levels of fats and other key flavor-enhancing compounds than traditionally harvested beans. The results, published in Scientific...
  • Q&A: Turning to trees for sustainable photoluminescence
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Photoluminescent materials are essential for numerous modern technologies—displays, solar cells, optoelectronic devices and sensors among them. However, most photoluminescent materials in use today rely on toxic metals and non-renewable...
  • New molecular strategy achieves complete synthesis of anti-MRSA natural product
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Spiroaspertrione A is a complex polycyclic compound naturally produced by the fungus Aspergillus sp. TJ23. First isolated in 2017, it quickly drew scientific attention for its promising ability to combat drug-resistant bacteria and...
  • Gold flakes expose the secret forces binding our world together
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Chalmers researchers have developed a simple, light-based platform to study the mysterious “invisible glue” that binds materials at the nanoscale. Gold flakes floating in salt water reveal how quantum and electrostatic forces interact...
  • Dark matter might not be invisible after all. It could leave a hidden glow
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Researchers suggest that dark matter might subtly color light red or blue as it passes through, revealing traces of its existence. Using a network-like model of particle connections, they argue that light could be influenced indirectly...
  • Underwater thermal vents may have given rise to the first molecular precursors of life
    Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    A study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has recreated in the laboratory chemical reactions that may have occurred on Earth about four billion years ago, producing the first molecular precursors for the emergence...
  • New malaria drug candidate blocks protein production in resistant parasites
    Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    It has long been known that bacterial pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. However, common medications are also becoming less effective against malaria, a tropical disease caused by a parasite.
  • Green chemistry method combines light and air to build key molecules for future medicines
    Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    A research group led by The University of Osaka has achieved a world-first in catalytic asymmetric synthesis, developing an innovative method for efficiently producing NOBIN, a valuable molecule used in pharmaceuticals.
  • How algae learned to harness the Sun without getting burned
    Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Under the sea, green algae have evolved a clever way to handle too much sunlight. Scientists found that a special pigment called siphonein acts like a natural sun shield, protecting the algae’s delicate photosynthetic machinery from...
  • An edible fungus could make paper and fabric liquid-proof
    Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in Langmuir report a way to waterproof materials using edible fungus. Along with fibers made from wood, the fungus produced a layer that blocks water, oil...
  • Red light and recyclable catalysts drive sustainable photocatalysis
    Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Modern chemistry is increasingly focused on developing sustainable processes that reduce energy consumption and minimize waste. Photocatalysis, which uses light to promote chemical reactions, offers a promising alternative to more...
  • Nanopore signals and machine learning unlock new molecular analysis tool
    Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Understanding molecular diversity is fundamental to biomedical research and diagnostics, but existing analytical tools struggle to distinguish subtle variations in the structure or composition among biomolecules, such as proteins....
  • Scientists stumble on a hidden quantum trick in 2D materials
    Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Researchers have found that 2D materials can self-form microscopic cavities that trap light and electrons, altering their quantum behavior. With a miniaturized terahertz spectroscope, the team observed standing light-matter waves without...
  • Physicists discover strange spinning crystals that behave like living matter
    Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Physicists have uncovered the fascinating world of “rotating crystals” — solids made of spinning particles that behave in strange, almost living ways. These odd materials can twist instead of stretch, shatter into fragments, and even...
  • New AI model for drug design brings more physics to bear in predictions
    Monday, October 20, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer solutions that are not physically sound.
  • Chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials
    Monday, October 20, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical signaling that powers the simplest organisms? Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of...
  • Enzyme-based system produces versatile active ingredients for drug discovery and testing
    Monday, October 20, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Natural products derived from microorganisms are a promising source of new active ingredients, but are often produced only in very small quantities. A research team from the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)...
  • This tiny laser could transform how we see and sense the world
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Researchers from NTNU and EPFL have unveiled a compact, low-cost laser that outperforms current models in speed, control, and precision. Built using microchip technology, it can be mass-produced for use in everything from Lidar...
  • Scientists 3D-print materials that stop vibrations cold
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    A collaboration between the University of Michigan and AFRL has resulted in 3D-printed metamaterials that can block vibrations using complex geometries. Inspired by nature and theoretical physics, these “kagome tubes” demonstrate how...
  • Injectable and self-healable glowing hydrogel achieves ultra-sensitive detection of formaldehyde
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Researchers from the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering at National Taiwan University have developed a multifunctional hydrogel sensor for detecting formaldehyde.
  • Double-shelled carbon spheres drive cleaner nitrate-to-nitrogen conversion
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Nitrate pollution in water threatens ecosystems and human health, yet removing it efficiently without producing harmful byproducts remains a challenge. A new study reports a dual single-atomic catalyst engineered on double-shelled...
  • Scientist tackles key roadblock for AI in drug discovery
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    The drug development pipeline is a costly and lengthy process. Identifying high-quality "hit" compounds—those with high potency, selectivity, and favorable metabolic properties—at the earliest stages is important for reducing cost and...
  • Exploring the power of plants to make drugs out of sunlight
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Plants are consummate chemists, using the sun's energy and carbon dioxide from the air, to conjure a dazzling array of complex natural products in ways that cannot be replicated synthetically in the lab.
  • New family of fluorescent molecules glows in water, enhancing visualization of cells
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    A team of researchers at the Departments of Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry of the University of Malaga and The Biomimetic Dendrimers and Photonic Laboratory of the research institute IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND has achieved a...
  • Atom-swapping blueprint could streamline synthesis of pharmaceutical building blocks
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Researchers from NUS have pioneered a photocatalytic atom-swapping transformation that converts oxetanes into a variety of four-membered saturated cyclic molecules, which are key scaffolds in medicinal chemistry. By introducing a new...
  • Quantum crystals could spark the next tech revolution
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Auburn scientists have designed new materials that manipulate free electrons to unlock groundbreaking applications. These “Surface Immobilized Electrides” could power future quantum computers or transform chemical manufacturing. Stable,...
  • Undergrads uncover conserved copper-binding gene cluster in marine bacteria
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    This fall, 20 Georgia Tech students published a paper—the culmination of work done during a semester-long laboratory course. During the semester, students analyzed genomes sequenced from marine samples collected in Key West,...
  • Physicists discover mysterious new type of time crystal
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Scientists at TU Wien have uncovered that quantum correlations can stabilize time crystals—structures that oscillate in time without an external driver. Contrary to previous assumptions, quantum fluctuations enhance rather than hinder...
  • Scientists unlock a 100-year-old quantum secret to supercharge solar power
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Scientists at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a surprising quantum effect inside an organic material, something once thought impossible outside metals. The team found that a special molecule can turn light into electricity...
  • Biocatalytic shortcut gives GLP-1-like peptides a makeover, boosting stability and potential for new therapies
    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    GLP-1–pathway agonists such as semaglutide and newer multi-agonists have transformed care for obesity and diabetes, yet developers still wrestle with durability, tissue targeting, and signal "bias." Macrocyclization, tying part of a...
  • Why do antibody drugs get too thick to inject? Study points to charge-driven structures
    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Antibody-based drugs often become too thick to be injected at high concentrations. Now, new research can explain why this happens—knowledge that could eventually lead to easily injectable medications.
  • New link between peroxide and sulfide metabolism discovered
    Monday, October 13, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Peroxidases are enzymes that break down hydrogen peroxide in organisms. Since their discovery in 1998, the electron source of "peroxiredoxin 6-type" peroxidases for this reaction remained unclear. The research group of Professor Marcel...
  • Chemists reveal new insights into protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Monday, October 13, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Using advanced techniques in biophysical chemistry, a team led by Meredith Jackrel, an associate professor of chemistry, has achieved unprecedented views of a protein that may play a pivotal role in some cases of amyotrophic lateral...
  • Chemobiological platform enables renewable conversion of sugars into core aromatic hydrocarbons of petroleum
    Monday, October 13, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    With growing concerns over fossil fuel depletion and the environmental impacts of petrochemical production, scientists are actively exploring renewable strategies to produce essential industrial chemicals.
  • Decades-old photosynthesis mystery finally solved
    Monday, October 13, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Caltech have finally solved a decades-old mystery about how photosynthesis really begins. They discovered why energy inside plants flows down only one of two possible routes — a...
  • Scientists create a paper-thin light that glows like the sun
    Saturday, October 11, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Scientists have developed an ultra-thin, paper-like LED that emits a warm, sunlike glow, promising to revolutionize how we light up our homes, devices, and workplaces. By engineering a balance of red, yellow-green, and blue quantum dots,...
  • USC engineers just made light smarter with “optical thermodynamics”
    Saturday, October 11, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than relying on switches, light organizes itself much like particles in a gas reaching equilibrium. The discovery could...
  • Scientists grow metal instead of 3D printing it — and it’s 20x stronger
    Thursday, October 9, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Scientists at EPFL have reimagined 3D printing by turning simple hydrogels into tough metals and ceramics. Their process allows multiple infusions of metal salts that form dense, high-strength structures without the porosity of earlier...
  • AI tool helps match enzymes to substrates
    Wednesday, October 8, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    A new artificial intelligence-powered tool can help researchers determine how well an enzyme fits with a desired target, helping them find the best enzyme and substrate combination for applications from catalysis to medicine to...
  • Enhancing the industrial relevance of alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes by exploiting their 'hidden reactivity'
    Wednesday, October 8, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Amides and thioesters are ubiquitous compounds in chemistry, used for the production of medicines, natural products, and advanced materials. Traditionally, their synthesis is a messy business, involving wasteful reagents, toxic metals,...
  • Direct signal analysis helps solve 50-year-old problem in molecular fluorescence analysis
    Wednesday, October 8, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Last year, we celebrated 50 years since the first papers on fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) were published. It wasn't a wild celebration with masses on the streets, nor was it widely celebrated in universities, but rather a...
  • A strange quantum metal just rewrote the rules of electricity
    Tuesday, October 7, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    In a remarkable leap for quantum physics, researchers in Japan have uncovered how weak magnetic fields can reverse tiny electrical currents in kagome metals—quantum materials with a woven atomic structure that frustrates electrons into...
  • Unlocking the structural analysis of alkaloids with a new metal-organic framework
    Monday, October 6, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    A new metal-organic framework (MOF), APF-80, enables the crystalline sponge method to capture and analyze nucleophilic compounds. Alkaloids, a diverse group of biologically active compounds, usually damage MOF crystals and resist study....
  • Synthesized protein from fish blood could prevent food and drugs from freezing
    Monday, October 6, 2025 from Phys.org: Biochemistry News
    Anyone who has experienced freezer burn knows that ice crystals can be a problem at low temperatures. Ice crystals' jagged edges can do more than just ruin the texture of your ice cream, however. At a microscopic level, they can destroy...
  • A century-old piano mystery has just been solved
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    Scientists confirmed that pianists can alter timbre through touch, using advanced sensors to capture micro-movements that shape sound perception. The discovery bridges art and science, promising applications in music education,...
  • This ultra-thin solar tech could power everything from phones to skyscrapers
    Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    A team in Sweden has unraveled the hidden structure of a promising solar material using machine learning and advanced simulations. Their findings could unlock durable, ultra-efficient solar cells for a rapidly electrifying world.
  • Scientists may be closing in on dark matter’s true identity
    Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles. Its results not only narrow the possibilities for dark matter but also open exciting paths toward other rare...
  • New rocket fuel compound packs 150% more energy
    Tuesday, September 30, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News
    A new boron-rich compound, manganese diboride, delivers much higher energy density than current solid-rocket materials while remaining stable until intentionally ignited. Its power comes from an unusual, strained atomic structure formed...
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