Chemistry isn't always essential for order: How simple geometry gives rise to complex materials

Utrecht University researchers Rodolfo Subert and Marjolein Dijkstra show in their latest study that complex ...

Scientists harness nature's chirality bias to design series of complex mechanically interlocked molecules

In nature, molecules often show a strong preference for partnering with other molecules that share the same chirality or handedness. A behavior that is quite evident in the phenomenon known as ...
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How a vital DNA protection protein complex adapts to new threats without compromising its essential functions

In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," Alice is stuck in a never-ending race with the Red Queen yet never gains a lead. "It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place," the ...