Research Articles
The Chemistry of Connection: A Review of 'The Bond'
Exploring how oxytocin, the 'love hormone,' rewrites the story of human relationships and serves as the central architect of our social world.
The Body's Stress Gauge: A Simple Blood Test for Dopamine-Beta-Hydroxylase
Discover how a simple photometric assay measures dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) activity in human blood, a key enzyme in stress response and clinical diagnostics.
Unlocking Nature's Pharmacy: Studying Plant Secondary Metabolism in the Age of Genomics
Explore how genomics technologies are revolutionizing our understanding of plant secondary metabolites, nature's chemical factories that produce medicines, flavors, and fragrances.
The Muraymycin Marvel: Nature's Blueprint for Next-Generation Antibiotics
Explore the fascinating science behind muraymycins, how chemists recreate nature's designs in the laboratory, and develop them into potential medicines against drug-resistant pathogens.
The Molecular Messengers: How Nucleic Acids Carry Life's Blueprints
Explore the fascinating world of nucleic acids as vectors of life, focusing on the groundbreaking Sixteenth Jerusalem Symposium of 1983.
Seeing Cellular Secrets: How Click Chemistry Illuminates the Hidden World of Lipid Signaling
Discover how click chemistry enables real-time imaging of phospholipase D activity, revealing unprecedented insights into cellular lipid signaling.
The Tiny Factories: How Microorganisms Are Revolutionizing Nanoparticle Synthesis
Discover how microorganisms serve as natural nanofactories, creating nanoparticles through sustainable biological processes with applications in medicine, electronics, and environmental remediation.
The Molecular Marvel: How Your Thyroid Masterfully Crafts Iodoproteins
Explore the fascinating chemistry behind thyroid iodoproteins, their biosynthesis, environmental disruptors, and recent research findings.
Unveiling Nature's Solar Engineers: The Hidden Geometry of Bacterial Chlorophylls
Discover the fascinating stereochemistry of bacteriochlorophyll gF and 8¹-hydroxy-chlorophyll aF from Heliobacterium modesticaldum and its implications for photosynthesis.
The Molecular Flashlight: Lighting Up Life's Tiny Machines One Molecule at a Time
Discover how fluorescent probes and bioconjugation chemistry enable scientists to observe biological processes at the single-molecule level.