(C) The subregions of a glycerophospholipid molecule; phosphatidylcholine is shown as an example. The hydrophilic head is composed of a choline structure (blue) and a phosphate (orange).

they made it possible for Watson and Crick to work out the molecule must take the shape of two strands held together in a double-helix structure. This discovery, six years after Creeth’s work ...

To determine the precise structure of a new molecule, Freedman’s team uses software to analyze and process visualizations (such as those in teal and pink above) of data collected by an x-ray ...

discovered a new molecule. The new molecular structure is, in the nomenclature of researchers, a “sandwich.” In this formation, a berkelium atom, serving as the filling, lays in between two 8- ...

For the first time, scientists have observed a phosphorus-containing lipid molecule that assembles ... Their special chemical structure allows phospholipids to self-assemble to form membranes ...

Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock The molecules that this process generates are composed of many carbon atoms fused together in a cage-like structure. In buckminsterfullerene’s case, the molecule is ...

The molecule is of interest for organic electronics ... but the shape had never been seen in a crystal structure until this year. This rare structure consists of a palladium atom surrounded ...

This week’s molecule has one of the structures that was originally proposed for benzene: bicyclo[2.2.0]hexa-2,5-diene. In 1869, chemist/physicist James Dewar at Cambridge University (UK) suggested the ...

Mirkin, who coauthored the paper. "In the small molecule era, it was critical to control the placement of every atom and every bond within a particular structure. If one element was out of place ...

The structure of the BAX protein ... “We were thrilled to find a small molecule that targets a killer protein called BAX and stops it working,” said co-corresponding author and the Head ...

Sebastian Valenzuela, a doctoral student at Sahlgrenska Academy, has analyzed the molecule's structure, including by means of cryo-electron microscopy. "We demonstrate exactly where the molecule ...