The lab is currently developing plug-ins that can be added to existing animation software, so that molecular researchers need not experience the same steep learning curve Iwasa (and every member ...

Now, for the first time, scientists have directly observed this jittery movement in a complex molecule—just moments before it exploded into fragments under a powerful X-ray beam.

Long before stars lit up the sky, the universe was a hot, dense place where simple chemistry quietly set the stage for everything to come. Scientists have now recreated the first molecule ever to ...