Macromolecules comprise a growing group of new pharmaceutical products with the potential to treat diseases that heretofore have had no effective therapeutic options. To date, the therapeutic ...

Note that the brush molecules in Fig. 1b,d have the same chemical composition as their linear counterparts in Fig. 1a,c, although showing the very distinct mixing behaviour. Apparently, the hairy ...

Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of photosynthesis can enable significant progress in the fields of biotechnology and renewable energy. Photosystem II (PSII), a protein ...

Chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method for producing new macromolecules with improved properties by modifying the polymers in discarded plastics.

In order for life to emerge both peptides and nucleic acids must have appeared under “prebiotic” conditions. Despite numerous efforts, the formation of these macromolecules without the help of modern ...