Water molecules surround the genetic material DNA in a very specific way. Scientists have discovered that, on the one hand, the texture of this hydration shell depends on the water content and, on the ...

Cryochromic luminescent organic crystals are used in photonics and sensing technologies, but the structural origins of their temperature-dependent color changes remain unclear. Here the authors show ...

Junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs) are expressed by leukocytes, platelets, endothelial and epithelial cells. JAMs are important in the control of vascular permeability and leukocyte transmigration ...

The alkanes are a homologous series with a structure based on a carbon chain - each carbon atom forms four covalent bonds The intermolecular forces vary between molecules, so different organic ...

1 mol is the amount of substance that contains the same number of particles as there are atoms in 12.0 g of carbon-12.