Technical Terms Chiral discrimination: The method by which enantiomers (non-superimposable mirror-image isomers) are differentiated using spectroscopic techniques.

Recent advances in chiral nanomaterials interacting with circularly polarized (CP) light open new expectations for optoelectronics in various research fields such as quantum- and biology-related ...

Researchers have developed the world's first technology to precisely analyze 21 types of reactants simultaneously. This ...

More information: Zhengyi Zhang et al, Photoenzymatic stereoablative enantioconvergence of γ-chiral oximes via hydrogen atom transfer, Nature Catalysis (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41929-025-01347-0 ...

Many DNA-based technologies involve the immobilization of DNA and therefore require a fundamental understanding of the DNA structure–function relationship at interfaces. We present three ...

A new platform for engineering chiral electron pathways offers potential fresh insights into a quantum phenomenon discovered by chemists—and exemplifies how the second quantum revolution is ...

Chirality plays a pivotal role in the interaction between light and matter, yet detecting chiral signals from natural materials remains a challenge, necessitating the enhancement of their intensity.

Erhart died in 1891, and Pfizer in 1906, leaving a company of around 200 employees in the hands of Emil Pfizer, who served as president until the 1940s, the last member of the Pfizer family to be ...

This chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect appears throughout biology, from the charge separation in photosynthesis to the electron transport chains that power cellular respiration. Yet ...

Thalidomide, a drug once used to alleviate morning sickness in pregnant women, exhibits distinct properties due to its optical isomers* in the body: one isomer has a sedative effect, while the other ...