In a striking demonstration of molecular control, a team of scientists has harnessed light to reverse the twist in self-assembling molecules. The study identifies how trace residual aggregates in ...

Helical structures are ubiquitous across biology, from the double-stranded helix of DNA to how heart muscle cells spiral in a band. Inspired by this twisty ladder, researchers from Hiroshima ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Clinical gene therapy may be one step closer, thanks to a new twist on an old class of molecules. A group of University of Illinois researchers, led by professors Jianjun Cheng and ...

The propeller-shaped perylene diimide (PDI) hexamers invert their helical twist (propeller chirality) depending on the solvent, leading to changes in both the sign and intensity of circularly ...

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When we think of light, we often imagine beams shining in straight lines or spreading out through space. But there’s a more complex, lesser-known side to it—light that spirals like a corkscrew. This ...