Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have spotted the largest complex molecule in deep space ...

Reduced blood flow to the brain is thought to be a key factor in many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, and ...

Boulder, Colo. — A laboratory method developed for making and analyzing cold, concentrated samples of a mysterious “floppy” molecule thought to be abundant only in outer space has revealed new data ...

Inserting, removing or swapping individual atoms from the core of a molecule is a long-standing challenge in chemistry. This ...

A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice. For decades, researchers have ...

In the new study, published in Science Advances, researchers have identified a previously unknown molecule, TMEM9B-AS1, which may explain why people with type 2 diabetes often suffer from muscle ...

“The secret of life is molecular recognition—the ability of one molecule to ‘recognize’ another through weak bonding interactions,” said Linus Pauling, a two-time Nobel Prize winner. In biological ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a previously unknown molecule that may explain why people with type 2 diabetes often suffer from muscle weakness and muscle loss – a condition that ...