Balazs says that the result is “a material that can take in a chemical and turn it into mechanical work, like eating a ...

What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical ...

Enzymatic decarboxylation and carboxylation reactions represent pivotal biochemical transformations in sustainable chemical synthesis. These reactions involve the removal or the addition of a carboxyl ...

A pharmaceutical scientist at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a method that can measure the kinetic efficiency of an enzyme against more than 200,000 potential peptide ...

Using reprogrammed biocatalysts, researchers are pushing the boundaries of enzymatic synthesis with a method that opens the door to a diverse array of valuable compounds. Reporting in the journal ...

Researchers have discovered an enzyme, PapB, that can ‘tie off’ therapeutic peptides into stable rings, which could help ...