Chemistry

News articles classified as Chemistry

August 21, 2023

Study finds silica particles chemically react

Considered inert and deemed safe for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration, silica has been shown to react with key biomolecules, potentially degrading their function.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory — May 3, 2023

Researchers capture elusive missing step in the final act of photosynthesis

After decades of effort and help from SLAC's X-ray laser, scientists have finally seen the process by which nature creates the oxygen we breathe.

March 1, 2022

A nanoscale look at coronavirus infection

Using super-resolution microscopy, a team of Stanford scientists uncovered new details about the location of viral molecules in a cell after coronavirus infection.

November 23, 2020

Cooled water vapor forms droplets containing hydrogen peroxide

A Stanford research team that recently discovered an unexpected new chemical behavior of water when tiny droplets form from water vapor has extended the findings to natural, everyday water condensation.

July 29, 2020

Molecular scalpel clears unwanted proteins from cell surfaces

Stanford chemists have developed a new tool that shuttles unwanted cell surface proteins to their deaths.

ChEM-H — May 27, 2020

Uncovering the role of membrane sugars in flu infection

ChEM-H graduate students reveal how the forest of sugars on a cell’s surface could help in the defense against flu infection.

November 12, 2019

Stanford opens ‘team science’ complex for brain research and molecular discovery

The Stanford ChEM-H Building and the Stanford Neurosciences Building are opening this month as part of a new research complex dedicated to improving human health.

October 3, 2019

Infrared vision for immunotherapy

A new technique employs a bright infrared light that can pass through millimeters of tissue to illuminate tumors deep inside the body.

June 10, 2019

Healing compounds in scorpion venom

Stanford chemists have identified and synthesized two new healing compounds in scorpion venom that are effective at killing staph and tuberculosis bacteria.

January 29, 2018

A chemical cloak of invisibility could reveal RNA’s secrets

Biologists do not know the purpose of about 90 percent of the RNA in living cells, in large part because RNA is so chemically unstable. A new method called RNA cloaking, developed by chemistry Professor Eric Kool and his lab, could make the molecule easier to study.