THE British Association discussion at Norwich X on September 5, in Section B (Chemistry), on the molecular structure of carbohydrates, following the presidential address to the section, revealed both ...

During surgery, a blood clot can kill in minutes. That's why heparin sulfate, a powerful blood thinner, is one of the most ...

The Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI) has created a carbohydrate sequence that can fold into a stable secondary structure. To date, self-folding biopolymers had only been ...

“I’ve been making glycopeptides and glycoproteins for 25 years and have visualized how the sugars might look attached to the protein backbone both in my imagination and numerous cartoon figures,” says ...

Light microscopes have revolutionized our understanding of the microcosmos, but their resolution is limited to about 100 nanometers. To see how molecules bond, break, or change their structure, we ...