molecules

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The compound prevented GRK2 molecules from forming harmful aggregates, allowing mitochondria to function more effectively.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

One example is using computer models rather than pipette-wielding humans in preclinical screens of molecules.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

"They become kind of a bioconversion machine where they can remove some of those complicated molecules that the human gut cannot digest and convert them into more digestible substances."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Airglow occurs when atoms and molecules that absorbed energy from sunlight during the day release that excess energy as light after dark.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

She said a sentence, and the water molecules twisted and morphed the sound, and when we both emerged, I had to guess what she’d said—had to find meaning in that garbled underwater language.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller