Scientists synthesized and characterized a single molecule with a half-Möbius electronic topology, representing the first experimental observation of electrons traveling through a structure in a previously unknown corkscrew-like pattern.
#ComputationalChemistry #QuantumScience #SolidStatePhysics #Physics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/phy03052601.html

Researchers developed small-molecule drug candidates that mimic a rare, protective variant of the #CARD9 gene to treat #Crohn's disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
#MolecularBiology #MolecularScience #Immunology #Genetics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/molb01162601.html

#Epoxy resin is a clear, robust #polymer that is widely used – especially as part of fiber-reinforced materials in aviation, the automotive industry, and more. Until now, however, it has not been possible to recycle it
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mols01132601.html

Using machine learning and a large volume of data on #genes and existing drugs, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a combination of #statins and #phenothiazines that is particularly promising in the treatment of the aggressive form of #neuroblastoma
#MolecularScience #Oncology #MachineLearning #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/ms12292501.html

Conditions can get rough in the micro- and nanoworld. To ensure that e.g. nutrients can still be optimally transported within cells, the #minuscule #transporters involved need to respond to the fluctuating environment.
#Physics #MolecularScience #Microtechnology #Nanotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152503.html

Researchers created particle-like so-called “vortex knots” inside chiral nematic liquid crystals, a twisted fluid similar to those used in #LCD screens. For the first time, these knots are stable and could be reversibly switched between different knotted forms, using electric pulses to fuse and split them.
#Physics #MaterialScience #Photonics #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152502.html

The #copper #isotope #Cu-64 plays an important role in medicine: it is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for #cancer therapy. However, it does not occur naturally and must be produced artificially
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mols12052501.html

The researchers grew #diamond films through #microwave #plasma #chemical vapor deposition, or MPCVD, a technique that uses gas to create a solid coating: Methane and hydrogen gases were fed into a chamber where microwave radiation energized the atoms into a hot plasma state.
#MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #Engineering #MolecularScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ms11212501.html

Researchers from Hanns-Christoph Nägerl's group have produced the world’s first #ultracold #KCs #molecules in their absolute ground state. Starting by mixing clouds of potassium and caesium atoms cooled almost to absolute zero temperature
#MolecularScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mols11172501.html