Photochromic materials, which change color reversibly under light, are essential for applications like smart lenses and ...

A collaborative team of scientists has discovered that life on Earth over three billion years ago relied on the metal ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers have discovered that naturally forming RNA-rich droplets can promote key redox reactions, ...

As a multifunctional material, biochar traps microplastics and pollutants, enhancing environmental remediation and promoting ...

Researchers have developed a framework that interprets chemical strategy as language, opening a new path for AI-assisted ...

The finding suggests complex metabolism emerged earlier than thought and may guide the search for alien life.

Timeline of Earth's history in billions of years. The new study indicates that life used molybdenum as far back as 3.3 to 3.7 ...

Metal use breakthrough: Researchers found molybdenum was used by microbes over 3 billion years ago, far earlier than previously believed. Challenging old theories: The study disputes the 'tungsten ...

In this Research Topic, we aim to highlight examples of vanadium science as it applies to Chemical Biology, focusing on vanadium chemistry discussed at the ...

In recent decades, peptide research has expanded beyond classical endocrine and paracrine paradigms toward a more nuanced understanding of short peptides as informational entities with the potential ...

The mechanics of the onset of cancer or neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease or ALS remain a mystery. Scientists associate these diseases with an increase in unstable molecules called ...