molecule
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It’s a nearly perfect pattern of alternating shapes, where metal atoms hold longer carbon-based molecules in place in a sort of lattice.
The new iron photocatalyst makes it possible to construct complex molecules, including pharmaceutical precursors, using abundant iron and blue LEDs instead of rare metals.
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Producing such a complex molecule from methane highlights the potential of this approach to turn an abundant, inexpensive gas into sophisticated and commercially important chemicals.
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These chemical fossils are traces of biological molecules once produced by living organisms that were later buried, altered, and locked into sediment for hundreds of millions of years.
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Boston-based drug-discovery firm Nimbus Therapeutics has been experimenting with Nova to help the company discover molecules that could become future medicines.
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