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Richard Henderson, one of the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry, holds a bacterio rhodopsin model prior to a press conference at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Three researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developments in electron microscopy. The 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet of the University of Lausanne, Joachim Frank at New Yorks Columbia University and Richard Henderson of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain. (Frank Augstein/Associated Press)

Nobel-winning technique like Google earth for molecules'

Molecules can be captured down to the level of their atoms, and snapshots can catch them in mid-movement.

7 Oct 2017 9:41 AM IST

Concussions usually occur after a blow to the head - for example, during sports or a car accident. (Photo: Pixabay)

Small molecules in spit may help diagnose concussions: study

These microRNAs could correctly identify if a participant would have prolonged symptoms or not.

25 Nov 2017 2:14 PM IST

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Study paves way for safer medicines, sans side effects

Here is what a new study has found.

8 July 2018 2:39 PM IST

Both sexes had different factors disrupting their sleep such as children for women and finances for men (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how parasites cause sleeping sickness in people

Study found parasites release enzymes which break down proteins in blood into smaller molecules, causing sleeping...

1 Dec 2018 8:54 AM IST

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A new way to understand odours

Previously, scientists had tried to classify odorant molecules strictly based on their chemical structures.

30 Aug 2018 11:34 AM IST

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Illama-derived antibodies may block coronavirus entry into host cells:...

According to the study, published in journal Cell, this protein, called the spike protein, allows the coronavirus to...

30 April 2020 10:33 AM IST

The CO molecule works by binding to the bacteria, preventing them from producing energy.

New self-destructing materials may lead to vanishing ink

The secret behind self-destructing molecules is that they would require a tiny input of energy to stay in their useful...

2 Aug 2017 5:51 PM IST