The key idea behind our framework is that life produces molecules with purpose, while nonliving chemistry does not. Cells must store energy, build membranes and transmit information. Abiotic chemistry ...

For more than 50 years, scientists have sought to find alternatives to silicon to build molecular electronics. The vision was elegant; the reality ...

In the pharmaceutical discovery process, understanding a drug’s residence time—the duration a molecule remains bound to its ...

For more than 50 years, scientists have sought alternatives to silicon for building molecular electronics. The vision was ...

Why does one molecular cloud outdo an entire galactic center in making stars? That’s the puzzle facing astronomers studying ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Researchers have used a cutting-edge robotic system capable of synthesizing hundreds of metal complexes to develop a possible ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Hydrogen production through water electrolysis is a cornerstone of the clean energy transition, but it relies on efficient ...

Now, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Abdus Salam International ...