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New molecular design unlocks high photoluminescence efficiency and improved stability, with potential applications in lasers, ...

Circularly polarized light has properties that make it useful in a growing range of technologies, from next-generation 3D displays to ...

A team of researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England, has "uncovered a hidden property of light ...

Molecular chirality is a fundamental feature of living systems and asymmetric chemistry, yet its origin remains unresolved ...

Structural chirality refers to the geometric property of objects that are not superimposable on their mirror images, a concept that is central to organic chemistry. In contrast, topological chirality ...

In a first that could change how scientists study the building blocks of life, ETH Zurich researchers have shown that molecular ‘handedness’ is not just structural but also electronic. By using ...

In a surprising twist, researchers have identified crystals that are symmetrical but nevertheless absorb light as if they were chiral (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.adr5478). The discovery ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. After her adventures in Wonderland, the fictional Alice stepped through the mirror above her fireplace in Lewis Carroll’s 1871 novel ...

Mirror Molecules: The Symmetry Rule Life Never Breaks Most organic molecules have a mirror-image twin. This concept is known as chirality. Yet life only uses one chiral molecule, not the other. The ...

A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping life's earliest molecular structures.

Terahertz light has the ability to control solids at the atomic level, forming chiral structures of left- and right-handedness. Credit: Zhiyang Zeng (MPSD), edited A new technique involving terahertz ...