Doping nematic liquid crystals with optically active compounds transforms them into chiral nematic phases with helical structures. In this phenomenon, the chirality of the dopant molecules is ...

How do we determine how healthy our food is? We know now that our nutrition shouldn't just be measured in calories, or even ...

Liquid crystals are partially ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. The study of these materials covers a wide area: chemical structure, physical properties and technical applications ...

Remote-controlled microflow using light-controlled state transitions within DNA condensates has been reported by scientists ...

Molecular dynamics simulations: Computational techniques that model the physical movements of atoms and molecules, offering detailed insights into both dynamic and equilibrium properties.

For more than 30 years, physicists have wrestled with gallium’s structure in the liquid state. Now, fresh simulations offer ...

Chemists from The University of Manchester and The Australian National University (ANU) have engineered a new type of ...

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) has emerged as a major organizing principle in cells. Recent work showed that multiple components of integrin-mediated focal adhesions, including p130Cas can form ...

Researchers have identified a form of molecular motion that has not previously been observed. When what are known as "guest molecules"—molecules that are accommodated within a host molecule—penetrate ...

The first low-resolution structure, aided by docking with AlphaFold2, the artificial intelligence protein structure prediction system, showed the domain that spans the inner membrane of M ...

The creation of a new magnetic molecule could pave the way to build new, stamp-sized hard drives capable of holding the ...