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Architects of a New Kind of Molecular Structure Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate ...

'Molecular bodyguard' helps bacterial infections persist in hostile environments

Researchers at Umeå University have identified a key molecular player that helps bacteria survive the hostile environment ...
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Variational AI Announces Oversubscribed $5.5 Million Financing to Launch Foundation Model for Small Molecule Drug Discovery

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Variational AI, the company behind Enki™, an advanced foundation model for small molecule drug discovery, today ...
The Conversation

Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus

Brown dwarfs: too small to be stars, too big to be planets. Only discovered in the 1990s, these in-between cosmic objects aren’t big enough to burn as hot and bright as a true star, instead usually ...