UCLA chemists have found a big problem with a fundamental rule of organic chemistry that has been around for 100 years—it's ...

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The shape of a beer glass is even more important than anybody thought, according to important new research.

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The living world is full of remarkable shapes, some of which can be identified ... facilitate the collection of pheromones and odorant molecules. The Geneva-based team collaborated with the ...

UCLA chemists have overturned a century-old rule in organic chemistry that limited molecular design by proving that ...

Typically, molecules considered for quantum applications aren’t as big as Buckminsterfullerene. “The overwhelming majority of ...

Researchers at Cornell have engineered a groundbreaking porous crystal using a unique fusion of macrocycle and molecular cage ...

Its small-angle X-ray scattering operation, which opened in 2020, can not only distinguish the finer details and shapes of molecules such ... more of the timeless geometry underlying the standard ...

According to Bredt's rule, double bonds cannot exist at certain positions on organic molecules if the molecule's geometry deviates too far from what we learn in textbooks. This rule has constrained ...