👃🧬 Scientists are using cryo-electron #microscopy to visualize how scent #molecules bind to receptors in the nose.

The structural details help explain how the #brain distinguishes between thousands of different odors based on molecular shape and #chemistry. The findings provide a clearer understanding of the biological process that allows us to experience the world through smell.

👉 https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-molecular-mystery-of-how-we-smell/4023405.article

#biology #science #research #education #nature

I’m carbon 🧪

I don’t like being alone, I need to form bonds, and my favorite way is with four hydrogens 🤝

That’s how I complete my life structure—stable, satisfied, and always forming connections in a perfect 3D shape called tetrahedral geometry 🤯

In chemistry, I don’t just exist… I bond to survive 🔬

#Chemistry #Carbon #Science #Molecules #DidYouKnow #STEM

Sciencepost: #Mars était censée être morte depuis 3,7 milliards d'années : #Curiosity vient de trouver dans la roche une molécule qui n'a rien à y faire

Trois #molécules. C’est tout ce qu’il a fallu pour faire vaciller trente ans de certitudes sur #Mars

#astronomie #univers #vie #espace

https://sciencepost.fr/mars-etait-censee-etre-morte-depuis-37-milliards-d-annees-curiosity-vient-de-trouver-dans-la-roche-une-molecule-qui-n-a-rien-a-y-faire/