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Möbius strip-like molecule has an entirely new and bizarre shape

A ring of 13 carbon atoms and two chlorine atoms has a remarkable molecular structure that means you would have to go around the loop four times to return to your starting position ...

Molecular identification of an enzyme reported over 60 years ago

From the 1950s to 1970s, discovery of enzymes began by identifying new chemical reactions within cell-free extracts, but ...
Scientific American

IBM scientists unveil the first ever “half-Möbius” molecule, with the help of quantum computing

A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip ...

How cells work together: The mathematics behind biological shapes

How do biological cells join forces to form a structure? In her Ph.D. research, Daphne Nesenberend uses mathematics to show ...
Nature

First ‘half Möbius’ carbon chain wows chemists

The Möbius strip, a twisted loop with one continuous surface, is inspiring chemists to create novel molecular structures. A team has synthesized a type of carbon-based molecule with an unprecedented ...

Chemists Create Wacky ‘Half-Möbius’ Molecule, Quantum Computers Prove It’s the Real Deal

When Richard Feynman first conceived of quantum computers in the 1980s, he believed they should primarily investigate quantum phenomena. So that’s what a group of chemists did: they used quantum ...