From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their ...

Physicists have discovered that placing a particle at the center of a mirror can silence quantum noise by making it ...

A study has found that an ancient protein motif that binds to nucleic acids is functionally "ambidextrous." This means that ...

A Princeton team uncovered a surprising chiral quantum state in a supposedly non-chiral material, shedding light on elusive ...

Just like your left hand is a mirror image of your right, many biological molecules also have a left and right-handed mirror molecule. What makes this feature so important for biology is that it ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...