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New findings on the power of enzymes could reshape biochemistry

Using a series of more than 1,000 X-ray snapshots of the shapeshifting of enzymes in action, researchers at Stanford University have illuminated one of the great mysteries of life—how enzymes are able to speed up life-sustaining ...

How Earth's early cycles shaped the chemistry of life

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the prebiotic processes that may have led to life. By exposing organic molecules to repeated wet-dry cycles, ...

Q&A: Photoproduction creates medicine from waste

The Kobe University start-up Photo-on-Demand Chemical Co. Ltd. demonstrated that it can produce methane from sewage to refine it into pharmaceutical raw materials and other useful chemicals. For this, Tsuda Akihiko, the CEO ...

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How a pervasive microorganism generates a greenhouse gas

Cornell researchers have discovered a way for ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA), one of the most abundant types of microorganisms on Earth, to produce nitrous oxide, a potent and long-lasting greenhouse gas.

A new approach to building 3D molecules for better drugs

A report in the journal Science from researchers in the UW–Madison Department of Chemistry represents a significant advance in making the types of molecules needed in drug development. Molecules with three-dimensional complexity ...

Copper radical mimics enzyme for highly efficient C-H oxidation

Optically pure alcohols are prevalent motifs in natural products and pharmaceuticals, driving the development of effective methods for their synthesis. Since the first reports of the Kharasch-Sosnovsky reaction in 1958, the ...