Researchers have successfully used quantum states to mix a molecule with light at room temperature, which will aid in the exploration of quantum technologies and provide new ways to manipulate the physical and chemical properties of matter.
An approved anti-cancer drug successfully targets the first step in the toxic chain reaction that leads to Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that treatments may be found to lower the risk of developing the neurodegenerative condition.
Researchers have successfully demonstrated how several of the problems impeding the practical development of the so-called ‘ultimate’ battery could be overcome.
New analysis shows that pollution from human activity in East Asia is having a negative effect on air quality in tropical rainforests thousands of kilometres away, and could harm the ozone layer if levels continue to increase.
Scientists report a new method for establishing whether chemical compounds are safe for human use without "in vivo" testing, based on so-called "molecular initiating events" at the boundary between chemistry and biology.
New findings show that much of the mineral from which bone is made consists of ‘goo’ trapped between tiny crystals, lubricating and allowing movement. It is this flexibility that stops bones from shattering.
A process that could revolutionise solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first time.
Michael Levitt, who was a PhD student in Peterhouse before gaining a Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
New research establishes nature of malfunction in protein molecules that can lead to onset of dementia.
Quantum laws loom ever larger in physical world as new research finds quantum phenomena in effect on a molecular level
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